Economic Nationalism and Regionalism in Contemporary East Asia 現代東アジアの経済的国家主義と地方主義
Volume 10 | Issue 43 | Number 2 | Article ID 3848 | Oct 28, 2012 The Asia-Pacific Journal | Japan Focus Economic Nationalism and Regionalism in Contemporary East Asia 現代東アジアの経済的国家主義と地方主義 Mark Selden Introduction Bruce Cumings observes, the US is the first world power to exploit the fact that it borders Regions are socially constructed areas defined both the Atlantic and Pacific—is a defining by state, supra-state, and societal agents, with question for the emerging regional and global shifting territorial, economic, and socio-conjuncture and a direct challenge to the political parameters. In contrast to theeconomic nationalism that shapes important dominant literature, which has focused on outcomes (Cumings 2009). In short, given states and state-constructed regions, we assess competing definitions of East Asia and the East multiple forces in defining, constructing, and Asian region, our approach, which weds deconstructing regional formations in an epoch geopolitics and political economy, highlights in which competing definitions of, andthe tensions among them. approaches to, region and nation challenge the reigning order (Katzenstein and Shiraishi 1997; Gamble and Payne 1996; Hamanaka 2009). Political, geostrategic, economic, social, and cultural factors may all shape a regional order and its position in the world economy. In light of competing claims of national, regional, and global forces, we inquire into the possibility of contemporary region formation that does not rest on the hegemony of a single nation or power, that is, an imperium whether formal or informal, and which serves, in varying degrees, the interests of the nations and peoples that comprise it. In particular, consider the interplay between economic nationalism and region formation, including China, Japan, Korea, and the United States.
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