Books in the Routledge Advances in International Political Economy series

This book is invaluable for students and researchers studying the economies of Japan and other East Asian countries as well as all those interested in patterns of boom and recession worldwide.

This book combines two strands of international political economy; examining how capitalism and democracy shape and are shaped by each other. Although until now considered separately, this path-breaking book proposes an innovative view of a political-economic system that inextricably links the model of capitalism to the type of democracy, where continuation is mutually reinforced.

The tension between culture, politics and economy has become one of the dominant anxieties of modern society. How to understand and explain this fundamental issue is illuminated in nine essays by eminent scholars.