Emerging States and Economies

1 Emerging States and Economies in Asia: A Historical and Comparative Perspective (Takashi Shiraishi).- 2 Globalization and the Emerging State: Past Advance and Future Challenges (Keiichi Tsunekawa).- 3 Emerging States in Global Economic History: A Perspective from Monsoon Asia (Kaoru Sugihara).- 4 Financing Colonial State Building: A Comparative Study of the 19th Century Singapore and Hong Kong (Takeshi Onimaru).- 5 China's Emerging State in Historical Perspective (R. Bin Wong).- 6 A History of the Indian Economy in Asian and Global Contexts, 1810s-2010s (Sugata Bose).- 7  Middle-Income Trap in Emerging States (Tetsushi Sonobe).

 

Editors

Takashi Shiraishi is Chancellor, Prefectural University of Kumamoto. He received his PhD in history from Cornell University and taught at the University of Tokyo, Cornell University, Kyoto University, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), and Ritsumeikan University. He served as Executive Member, Council for Science and Technology Policy (CSTP), Cabinet Office, President, GRIPS, and President, Institute of Developing Economies-JETRO. He also served as editor, Indonesia, Cornell Southeast Asia Program and editor-in-chief, nippon.com, a multi-lingual online journal. He was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon and designated to the Order of Cultural Merit. He was awarded the Medal of Bintang Jasa Utama from Indonesia. He is the author of three award-winning books: An Age in Motion (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1990, Ohira Masayoshi Asia Pacific Award), Indonesia: Kokka to Seiji (Government and politics in Indonesia, Tokyo: Libroport, 1990; Suntory Academic Award), and Umi no Teikoku (Empires of the seas, Tokyo: Chuokoron, 2000; Yomiuri-Yoshino Sakuzo Award). His recent works include Chugoku wa Higashi-Ajia wo Do'o Kaeruka (How is China changing East Asia? Tokyo: Chuo Koron, 2012, co-authored with Caroline Sy Hau), and Kaiyo Ajia vs. Tairiku Ajia (Maritime Asia vs. Mainland Asia, Kyoto: Minerva, 2016).

Tetsushi Sonobe is vice president of National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and a development economist. His scholarship has contributed to a deeper understanding of industrial clusters, business management, public service delivery, and industrial development in developing countries based on a number of case studies conducted in Asia and Africa. Before joining GRIPS, he was a professor of economics at Tokyo Metropolitan University and a senior researcher at the Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development. He received his Ph.D. in economics fromYale University. He is a