Asianization of Asia

This book explores the Asianization of contemporary Asia, a trend which through neoliberal economic globalism has diluted the political effect of the EuroAmerican dictated segmentation of Asia and instead facilitated and accelerated socioeconomic exchanges and collaborations among Asian nations themselves.

This book explores the Asianization of contemporary Asia, a trend that through neoliberal economic globalism has diluted the political effect of the EuroAmerican-dictated segmentation of Asia and instead facilitated and accelerated socioeconomic exchanges and collaborations among Asian nations themselves.It comprehensively analyzes and interprets Asia's Asianization in terms of intensification of intra-Asian interactions and flows in industrial, educational, sociopolitical and ecological spheres. Through such explorations, the book successfully reveals that Asia's Asianization is particularly reflected in the major dimensions of regional industrial integration, transnational class relations, labor market regionalization, international educational mobility, regionalization of media and pop culture, transnational social movements and activisms, regionalized social governance for development cooperation and developmental mobilization of diasporic socioeconomic resources.In particular, as an interdisciplinary study of Asia's industrial, social and cultural integration within and across Asian societies in both outbound and inbound directions, this book will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Asian politics, development and sociology.

Autorentext

Chang Kyung-Sup is SNU Distinguished Professor, Sociology Department, Seoul National University, South Korea.

Kim Taekyoon is Professor of International Development, Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University, South Korea.

Lee Joonkoo is Associate Professor of Organization Studies, School of Business, Hanyang University, South Korea.

Inhalt

Introduction. Agenda, Debates, and Subjects 1. Asia in Asianization: Dimensions, Conditions, and Implications 2. Asianization of Industrial Development? Global Value Chains and Asiäs Evolving Regional Connections 3. Transnational Labor Regimes and the Cambodian Case of Asianizing Capitalist Development 4. International Migration and Socioeconomic Linkage in East Asia 5. Gendering the Migration System in East Asia 6. International Student Mobility in Northeast Asia: Globalization or Asianization? 7. The Korean Wave, Asianization, and Media Globalization 8. Digital Globalization and Emerging Transnational Social Movements in Asia: New Challenges for Asian Civil Society 9. Asianizing the Integrated Approach for Development Cooperation? Scaling-Up Dynamics in KOICA s Peace-Development Nexus Projects in the Mekong Region 10. Compatriotic Asianization: Explaining the Developmental Roles of Overseas Diaspora for China and South Korea 11. Asiäs Asianization in Cosmopolitan Social Science