Emerging States at Crossroads

Abstract

Part I Middle-Income Trap and Beyond: Responses to the Middle-Income Trap in China, Malaysia and Thailand, The Middle-Income Trap in the ASEAN-4 Countries from the Trade Structure Viewpoint Satoru Kumagai, Emerging States in Latin America: How and Why They Differ from Their Asian Counterparts, Economic and Political Networks and Firm Openness: Evidence from Indonesia, Industrial Technology Upgrading and Innovation Policies: A Comparison of Taiwan and Thailand, Changing Resource-Based Manufacturing Industry: The Case of the Rubber Industry in Malaysia and Thailand, Marketing Risks and Standards Compliance: Challenges in Accessing the Global Market for High-Value Agricultural and Aquacultural Industries. Part II Social and Political Dimensions: How Nations Resurge: Overcoming Historical Inequality in South Africa, Education, Development, and Politics in South Korea, Politics of Inequality in Indonesia: Does Democracy Matter?, Civil-Military Relations in an Emerging State: A Perspective from Indonesia’s Democratic Consolidation, Democratization and the Military in Thailand.