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UID:the-political-economy-of-southeast-asian-states
SUMMARY:The Political Economy of Southeast Asian States
LOCATION:Room 1.101
DESCRIPTION:The role of Southeast Asian states in economic development has 
 been at the centre of multiple debates. Relevant literature noted that part
  of the region was inspired by the East Asian development state model altho
 ugh, with the only exception of Singapore, state interventions generally la
 cked the level of strategic and effective coordination typical of Northeast
  Asia. An expansion of the regional multi-layered subcontracting system sin
 ce the late 1980s progressively integrated all Southeast Asian countries in
  (largely foreign-led) production networks. The reorganization of the regio
 nal production system was accompanied by trade liberalization and policies 
 aimed at attracting Foreign Direct Investment. The vulnerability inherent i
 n export-oriented industrialization was a fundamental cause of the regional
  economic crisis 1997/98, but the post- crisis recovery was accompanied by 
 a further intensification of the same FDI-led industrialization model, with
  a more prominent integration of new countries (notably Vietnam, and later 
 on Cambodia in garment).\n\nThe economic miracle rhetoric promoted by the W
 orld Bank just ahead of the regional crisis was succeeded by a new discours
 e emphasizing the limits of industrial upgrading and catching up with the W
 est and the first generation of Asian NIEs. The region is now presented by 
 the same World Bank as engulfed in a “middle-income trap”. The “trap” debat
 e does not deny the role of many countries as exporters of manufactured goo
 ds, but underlines the fact that GDP per capita growth is too slow to allow
  a convergence with industrialized countries.\n\nAgainst this critical back
 ground the panel aims at exploring the role of Southeast Asian states in pu
 rsuing economic development during the last thirty years. On the one hand, 
 the focus is on the interpretation of the policies that have been implement
 ed to accompany FDI-led industrialization models. On the other hand, the at
 tention is on the debates within the countries and on the alternative visio
 ns that have emerged, helping to shed light on national decision-making pro
 cesses. The dependent position of Southeast Asian countries in foreign-led 
 production networks and the hegemonic role of neoliberal discourses on deve
 lopment have certainly reduced the autonomy of national policies. At the sa
 me time, however, the recent global crisis has again emphasized the role of
  states within a globalized economy. The panel, therefore, is looking at ho
 w Southeast Asia states have coped with foreign influences but also at how 
 institutions, competing interests and local power structures have contribut
 ed to shaping national policies.\n\nThis panel proposal is connected with t
 he ongoing Horizon 2020 CRISEA, but we hope to receive paper proposals also
  from colleagues not involved in this project.
URL:https://euroseas2019.org/program/panels/the-political-economy-of-southeast-asian-states
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