GLOBALIZATION AND THE ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The Asian financial crisis is one of the most serious currency crises to affect international markets since World War Ⅱ. It has serious implications for the Asian approach to economic and political modernization, and it illustrates some of the possible consequences of the process of "globalization." The purpose of this article is to analyze the reciprocal causal relationship between globalization and the Asian financial crisis. Thus we shall examine the crisis first as a dependent variable, or a possible effect, of globalization, among other possible causes; then we shall analyze the crisis as an independent variable, with an interest in understanding its impact on Asian political and economic affairs.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Much Ado About Globalization
• What is Globaliztion? 6)
• A Critique
• Defining "globalization"
• East Asian Globalization 101
• The Diversity of East Asia
• East Asian Notions of "Globalization"
• East Asian globalization Catch-22
• Some Performance Trends
• Surviving the Financial Crisis
• Whither East Asian Globalization?