East Asia

About: East Asia is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 17591 publications have been published within this topic receiving 274073 citations. The topic is also known as: Eastern Asia.

Globalization, Regionalization and Cross-Border Regions

Abstract: PART I: INTRODUCTION Globalization, Regionalization and Cross-Border Regions: Scales, Discourses and Governance M.Perkmann & N.Sum PART II: THEORETICAL APPROACHES The Political Economy of Scale B.Jessop Globalization, Regionalization and Cross-Border Modes of Growth in East Asia: the (Re-)Constitution of 'Time-Space Governance' N.Sum Political Frontier Regime: Towards Cross-Border Governance? J.Leresche & G.Saez PART III: EUROPEAN CROSS-BORDER CO-OPERATION Euroregions: Institutional Entrepreneurship in the European Unions M.Perkmann Cross-Border Co-operation and Regional Development in the German-Polish Border Area S.Kratke PART IV: 'GROWTH TRIANGLES' IN EAST ASIA Rearticulation of Spatial Scales and Temporal Horizons of a Cross-Border mode of Growth: the (Re-)Making of 'Greater China' Space of 'Greater China' N.Sum Japan Sea Regionalism: The Role of sub-National Authorities D.Arase PART V: CROSS-BORDER CO-OPERATION IN NORTH AMERICA On the Political Economy of Cross-Border Regionalism: Regional Development and Co-operation on the US-Mexican Border J.W.Scott Not a State, But More than a State of Mind: Cascading Cascadias and the Geo-Economics of Cross-Border Regionalism M.Sparke PART VI: CROSS-BORDER CO-OPERATION IN AFRICA The Construction of Cross-Border Regions in Southern Africa: the Case of the 'Maputo Corridor' I.B.Lundin & F.Soderbaum Index

Education reform and education policy in East Asia

Abstract: Table of contents List of figures List of tables Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Part One: Education systems, policy change and education reforms 1. Globalization and structural adjustments: changing policy 2. Instruments and regulatory arrangements in education 3. Education systems and policy change in East Asia 4. Education in East Asian Tigers: regulation, provision and funding 5. Higher education in East Asia: common challenges and emerging trends Part Two: Globalization and national responses 6. China's response to globalization: educational decentralization and marketization in Post-Mao China 7. Hong Kong's responses to globalization: questing for entrepreneurial universities 8. Singapore's responses to globalization: marketization of education 9. Taiwan's responses to globalization: changing governance in higher education 10. South Korea's responses to globalization: internationalization of education 11. Japan's responses to globalization: corporatization and changing university governance 12. Discussions and conclusions: globalization and education References Index

Current-Account Sustainability in Transition Economies

Abstract: Recent episodes of currency crisis have been associated with large, growing, and eventually unsustainable current-account imbalances. The Mexican peso crisis of 1994 and the 1997 currency turmoil in a number of Asian countries (in particular Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines) appear to have been partly triggered by unsustainable current-account imbalances. Following the Mexican peso crisis of 1994, the IMF devised a warning mechanism aimed at an early recognition of potentially unsustainable current-account imbalances. In this regard, a large number of Eastern and Central European countries in transition were experiencing large and growing current-account imbalances in the 1996 to 1997 period. Deficits in excess of 5 percent of GDP (an in many cases closer to 10 percent of GDP) were observed in Croatia, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Moldova. Moreover, similar to the crisis episodes in Mexico and East Asia, a number of Central and Eastern European countries had weak financial systems, had adopted in the 1990s semifixed exchange-rate regimes aimed at controlling inflation and were experiencing significant real appreciation of their currencies. As a combination of fixed-rate regimes, real appreciation, current-account worsening, short-term foreign debt accumulation, and weak financial systems had contributed to the earlier currency crises in Mexico and Southeast Asia, it is important to study whether the current-account imbalances in Central and Eastern Europe would be sustainable or whether there are significant risks that currency crises would also occur in the transition economies.

Freshwater biomonitoring with macroinvertebrates in East Asia

Abstract: This paper summarizes the history and current status of efforts to implement macroinvertebrate biomonitoring protocols for surface water pollution in China, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Russia (Far East), and Thailand. Impediments to biomonitoring in some of these countries include: (1) lack of knowledge about macroinvertebrate fauna and their tolerance values, especially during the aquatic, immature stages; (2) the scarcity of research programs and formal training opportunities for biomonitoring offered in universities; (3) the shortage of high-quality microscopes and other necessary equipment; and (4) limited government understanding and support for biomonitoring, few skilled regulatory staff, and the persistence of old and unusable biomonitoring protocols. A recently established regional network, the Aquatic Entomological Society of East Asia (AESEA), and several major recent publications are helping to coordinate and promote science and technology in East Asia.