Due date: 6 September 2011
Weight: 40%
Length: Essay approx 3000 – 4000 words
200 level students: CHOOSE ONE TOPIC

Topic 1
“Established relationships between the bureaucracy and business played a key role in shaping the direction of Japan’s unprecedented economic success from 1956 -1973. At the centre of Japan’s plans was the developmental state. Japan’s political elites determined which sectors and which industries were strategically important and they set about encouraging their long- term development”.
Assess the role of MITI and examine the main fundamentals of the Japanese industrial model: lifetime employment, seniority-based pay and company-specific unions.
Essential Reading
Harukiyo Hasegawa & Carlos Noronha (Eds), Asian Business and Management. Theory, Practice and Perspectives ( Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), chs 1-5, 8.
Johnson, Chalmers, MITI and the Japanese Miracle (Stanford: Stanford Univ. Press, 1982).
Kaur, A., “The Global Factory: Cross-Border Production Networks and Women Workers in Asia” in Amarjit Kaur (ed.), Women Workers in Industrialising Asia: Costed, not valued (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, pp.99-128).
Kaur, A., “Labour, Industry and the State in Industrialising Asia: An Overview”, in Amarjit Kaur (ed.), Women Workers in Industrialising Asia: Costed, not valued (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, pp.195-217).
Mackerras, C. (ed.) Eastern Asia (Pearson: 2000); chs. 27-29, 34, 36.
Min Chen, Asian Management Systems (London: 2004); chs. 11-14; 16-19.
Morris-Suzuki, Tessa, The Technological Transformation of Japan: From the Seventeenth to the Twenty-First Century (New York: CUP, 1994).
Partner, Simon, Assembled in Japan: Electrical Goods and the Making of the Japanese Consumer (Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1999).
Tipton, B. The Rise of Asia (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1998), chs. 11-12
Reading
Amsden, A.H., ‘Why isn’t the whole world experimenting with the East Asian model to develop,’ World Development, 22 (1994): 627–633.
Chowdhury, Anis, & Islam, Iyanatul, The Newly-Industrialising Economies of East Asia (Routledge: 1993).
Deyo, F. (ed.), The Political Economy of the New Asian Industrialism (Ithaca, New York: 1987).
Grilli, E. & J. Riedel, ‘The East Asian growth model: How general is it’? in R. Garnaut et. al. (eds), Sustaining Export-Oriented Development: Ideas from East Asia (Cambridge: CUP, 1995), 655–661.
Hughes, H. (ed.) Achieving Industrialisation in East Asia (Cambridge: CUP, 1988).
Naisbitt, John, Megatrends Asia (London: Nicholas Brealey, 1997)
chs 1–4, 6.
Perkins, D.H. ‘There are at least three models of East Asian development’, World Development, 22 (1994): 655–661.
Rohwer, Jim, Asia Rising (London: Nicholas Brealey, 1996) chs 1–3.#p#分頁標題#e#
The Economist, ‘A Survey of Asia’s Emerging Economies’,
16 November 1991.
The Economist, ‘Riddle of East Asia’s success: Economic Miracle or Myth’, 2 October 1993.
The Economist, ‘Asia’s Precarious Miracle’, 1 March 1997.
Thompson, Graeme, Economic dynamism in the Asia-Pacific (London: Routledge, 1998), chs 1-6.
Wade, R., ‘The Visible Hand: The State and East Asia’s Economic Growth,’ Current History, 92 (1993): 431–40.
E-Reserve
World Bank, ‘Overview – The Making of a Miracle’, The East Asian Miracle (New York: Oxford University Press), pp.1-26.
UBS International Finance, ‘The Asian Economic Miracle’, Autumn 1996: pp. 1–8 Chalmers Johnson, MITI and the Japanese Miracle (Stanford: University of California Press, 1982), ch. 1, pp. 3–34, 343-345.
The Economist, ‘A Survey of Asia’, 30 October 1993, 5-8, 11-18, 21-23.
Clive Hamilton, ‘Capitalist Industrialization in East Asia’s Four Little Tigers’, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 13, No. 1, 1983: 35–73.
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Affairs 1995 (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies: Singapore, 1995) pp. 89-107.
The Economist, ‘A Survey of East Asian Economies’, 7 March 1998.
The Economist, ‘A Survey of Asia’, 7 April 2001, 3-9, 12-18.
Topic 2
In the late 1960s and the 1970s, the first-tier Newly Industrialising Countries (NICs) –Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea); and the second-tier NICs – Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia underwent a rapid process of industrialization, financed in large part by investment capital from the western developed countries. The latter established branch plant manufacturing industries including electrical and electronic assembly, textiles, clothing and footwear, particularly in export-processing zones. These labour-intensive industries relied and rely primarily on low-paid women workers.
Discuss with reference to any ONE of the countries listed above.
(In your answer focus on the following: the role of the state; the role of international institutions–World Bank, IMF, WTO); the redistribution and relocation of manufacturing production; export-oriented production and the types of industries involved, and why women workers were the preferred workers).
Essential Reading
Harukiyo Hasegawa & Carlos Noronha (Eds), Asian Business and Management. Theory, Practice and Perspectives ( Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), ch.7, 11-17.
Kaur, Amarjit, (ed.), Women Workers in Industrialising Asia: Costed, not Valued (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003), esp. chs 1–3; 5-8.
Kaur, Amarjit, Wage Labour in Southeast Asia Since 1840: Globalisation, the International Division of Labour and Labour Transformations, (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), chapter 8.
Kaur, Amarjit and Ratna Saptari, (eds), Women Workers in Asia, Special issue: Asian Studies Review, Vol. 24, No. 2 (2000).#p#分頁標題#e#
(2 copies in reserve room)
Mackerras, C. (ed.), Eastern Asia (Longman: 2000), chs. 29, 30, 32.
Tipton, B. The Rise of Asia (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1998), ch. 11.
Other Readings
Boserup, E., Women’s Role in Economic Development (1970). 331.4091724/B743w/1989 (1)
Brydon, Lynne and Chant, Sylvia, Women in the Third World: Gender Issues in Rural and Urban Areas, (Aldershot, 1989). 305.42/B916w (3)
Chapkis, W. and Enlow, C. (eds), Of Common Cloth: Women in the Global Textile Industry (1983)
Chowdhury, Anis, & Islam, Iyanatul, The Newly Industrialising Economies of East Asia (Routledge: 1993). 330.95/C552n (2)
Deyo, F. (ed.), The Political Economy of the New Asian Industrialism, (Ithaca, New York: 1987). 338.95/P769 (2) 1 on reserve.
‘Labour and Industrial Restructuring in South-East Asia’, in Gary Rodan et. al., The Political Economy of South-East Asia: 205-224.
Fuentes, A. and Ehrenreich, B., Women in the Global Factory (1983). 331.4091724/F954w (2)
Galenson, Walter (ed.), Labor in Developing Countries (1962).
Grilli, E. & J. Riedel, ‘The East Asian growth model: How general is it?’ in R. Garnaut et. al. (eds), Sustaining Export-Oriented Development: Ideas from East Asia (Cambridge, CUP, 1995): 655–661. 382.6095/S964 (2)
Heyzer, Noleen, Daughters in Industry: Work Skills and Consciousness of Women Workers in Asia (APDC, 1988) 331.4095/D238 (2) 1 on reserve.
Horton, Susan, Women and Industrialisation in Asia (London: Routledge, 1996). 331.4095/W8725 (3)
Jones, Gavin W. (ed.), Women in the Urban and Industrial Workforce (ANU: Development Studies Centre Monograph No.33, 1984). 331.4095/W872 (2) 1 on reserve.
Kaur, Amarjit, Globalisation and the International Division of Labour: Southeast Asian Labour Transformations Since 1840 (Armidale: 2000).
Amarjit Kaur, ‘Economic Globalisation, the New International Division of Labour and Women Workers in Southeast Asia,’ Dialogue 20, 3/2001, (Academy of the Social Sciences) pp. 39-45

Kaur, A. ‘Labour, Employment Relations, and Labour Standards in Industrialising Southeast Asia’
Manderson, Lenore (ed.), Women’s Work and Women’s Roles (ANU: Development Studies Centre Monograph No.32, 1983). 305.409595/M272w (6) 1 on reserve.
Rohwer, Jim, Asia Rising (London: Nicholas Brealey, 1996) chs 1–3.
E-Reserve
Lim Lin Lean, ‘The Feminization of Labour in the Asia-Pacific Rim Countries: From Contributing to Economic Dynamism to Bearing the Brunt of Structural Adjustments’ in Naohiro Ogawa, Gavin Jones and J. Williamson, Human Resources in Development along the Asia-Pacific Rim (Singapore: OUP, 1993) pp. 175–209.
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Affairs 1995 (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 1995) pp. 28-47
Topic 3
China is the economic development success story since the 1990s. It is often referred to as the “world’s factory”. India is also a major world player, and its growth has been driven by the growth of services, which operate at national and global scales.#p#分頁標題#e#留學生經濟essay寫作需求，http://www.ttc-switch.com/thesis_sample/gongshangguanlizuoyexuqiu/2011/1114/964.html
What are the main challenges facing China and India today as they take the lead in the global economy? Would you agree that energy availability and cost, water availability, corruption and social unrest are major issues for these countries in their attempts to maintain the momentum for growth?
Discuss with reference to ONE country.
Essential Reading
Harukiyo Hasegawa & Carlos Noronha (Eds), Asian Business and Management. Theory, Practice and Perspectives ( Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, chs. 7, 9-10.
Mackerras, Colin (ed.), Eastern Asia (Pearson: 2000).
Tipton, B. The Rise of Asia (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1998), ch. 13-14.
Special Issue – Asian Studies Review (Journal of the Asian Studies Association of Australia), Vol.19. No.3, April 1996 (Library)
Heretical Views of Modern India
*Marika Vicziany, Introduction.
Professor The Lord Desai, ‘India’s Triple Bypass: Economic Liberalisation’, the BJP and the 1996 Elections.
P. Sainath, ‘The Reforms that Weren’t.
Oliver Mendelsohn, ‘Liberalisation and the Indian Legal System’.
Salim Lakha, ‘Resisting Globalisation: Can India Influence the Terms of Globalisation?’
John McGuire & Peter Reeves, ‘What are the Politics of Economic Liberalisation in India? The Case of West Bengal.’
Sujata Patel, ‘The Popularity of the Shiv Sena: Urbanisation and its Consequences.’
East Asia Analytical unit, DFAT, India’s Economy: At the Midnight Hour (Canberra: AGPS, 1994).
Tisdell, Clem and Raj Kumar Sen. (eds). Economic Globalisation: Social Conflicts, Labour and Environmental Issues (London: Edward Elgar, 2004), chs 6, 7, & 11
Maddison, A. Chinese Economic Performance in the Long Run (OECD, 1998).
MacPherson, Stewart and Joseph Y.S. Cheng (eds), Economic and social development in south China (Edward Elgar, 1996).
The Economist. ‘A Survey of China’, 8 April 2000.
Time. ‘China, the Next Superpower’, 10 May 1993
Harding, Harry. China’s Second Revolution: Reform after Mao (Brookings Institute, 1987). 951.058/H2630/1989
Perry, Elizabeth J. and Wong, Christine. (eds). The Political Economy of Reform in Post-Mao China (Harvard Contemporary China Series, 1985). 338.951/P769
Tien, Hung-Mao, The Great Transition: Political and Social Change in the Republic of China (Hoover Institution Press, 1989).
Vogel, Ezra F., One Step Ahead in China: Guangdong Under Reform (Harvard University Press, 1989). 951.27/V8780
White, Gordon, Riding the Tiger: The Politics of Economic Reform in Post-Mao China (Stanford University Press, 1993). 338.951/W584r

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Topic 4
The volume and patterns of migration have undergone important changes since the last few decades of the twentieth century. In 2000 the population Division of the United Nations estimated the total number of migrants as approximately 175 million. Regional migration in Asia is important because most cross-border migration takes places within the region.#p#分頁標題#e#
Would you agree that the benefits of labour migration accrue mainly to destination countries?
(In your answer focus on: Reasons for migration; migration trends; governance of migration; migrant workers’ contribution to host countries; remittances and development in source countries; exploitation of migrant workers).
Essential reading
Hugo, Graeme, Migration and Development: A Perspective from Asia (IOM Migration Research Series: 2003)
Hugo, Graeme, “The New International Migration in Asia: Challenges for Population Research”, Asian Population Studies, 1,1, 2005 :93-120.
Kaur, A (2010) "Labour migration in Southeast Asia: migration policies, labour exploitation and regulation" in Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy ,15,1 pp.6-19.
Kaur, A " Migration in Asia” In The Diplomat Magazine,
http://apac2020.the-diplomat.com/big-issues/migration-issues-and-challenges-in-asia/
Kaur, A. Crossing Frontiers: Race, Migration and Borders in Southeast Asia”, UNESCO, International Journal of Multicultural Societies (IJMS), Vol. 6. No. 2 (December 2004): 202-223, published online at www.unesco.org/shs/ijms/vol6/issue2/art1
Kaur, A., “Migration Matters in the Asia-Pacific Region: Immigration Frameworks, Knowledge Workers and National Policies”, in UNESCO, International Journal of Multicultural Societies (IJMS) special issue “Migration and Integration in the Asia-Pacific Region” Vol.9 issue 2, 2007, published online at http://www.unesco.org/shs/ijms/vol9/issue2
Kaur, A. and Ian Metcalfe, Eds. Special issue, “Migration and Integration in the Asia-Pacific Region" UNESCO, International Journal on Multicultural Societies (IJMS), Vol. 9, No. 2, 2007 , published online at http://www.unesco.org/shs/ijms/vol9/issue2
Kaur, A. ‘International Labour Migration in Southeast Asia: Governance of Migration and Women Domestic Workers’, Intersections: Gender, History and Culture in the Asian Context, Issue 15, May 2007. published online at http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue15/kaur.htm
Kaur, A, “On the Move: International Migration in Southeast Asia since the 1980s,” History Compass, 5/2, 2007:302–313: DOI:10.1111/j.1478-0542.2007.00393.x.
Kaur, A. and Ian Metcalfe, Eds. Mobility, Labour Migration and Border Controls in Asia (Basingstoke: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2006)
Kaur, A. International Migration in Malaysia and Singapore since the 1880s: State Policies, Migration Trends and Governance of Migration The Fourteenth James C. Jackson Memorial Lecture 2006, Malaysia and Singapore Society of Australia, ASAA, 2006 [Armidale: UNE Asia Centre for MASSA, 2006].
(2 copies in the Library)
Kaur, A. and Ian Metcalfe, Eds. ‘Migrant Labour in Southeast Asia: Needed, not wanted’, Special issue, RIMA, Vol. 39 No.2 : 2005 .
Kaur, A., ‘Mobility, Labour Mobilisation and Border Controls: Indonesian Labour Migration to Malaysia Since 1900’,#p#分頁標題#e#留學生日本經濟essay寫作
* See International Organization for Migration (IOM) Labour Migration in Asia 2005 (available online)
* See UNDP, Human development Report 2009, Overcoming barriers: Human mobility and development (available online)
Other Readings
Ellerman, D. (2003). Policy Research on Migration and Development.
Fields, G.S. (1994). The Migration Transition in Asia. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 3(1), 7-30.
Jones, G.W. (2003). The Fifth Asian and Pacific Population Conference: Towards a Repositioning of Population in the Global Development Agenda? Asia-Pacific Population Journal, 18 (2), 21-32.
Scalabrini Migration Center (2000). Asian Migration Atlas 2000. http://www.scalabrini.asn.au/atlas/amatlas.htm
United Nations (2002). International Migration Report 2002. onwards Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division, United Nations, New York.
Most of the UN, IOM, HDR, ILO reports are available online. Check them out on the web.