Diversity and transformations of Asian capitalisms / / edited by Robert Boyer, Hiroyasu Uemura and Akinori Isogai

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792099603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-136-65113-6; 1-283-58938-9; 9786613901835; 0-203-80584-4; 1-136-65114-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (417 p.)
• Collana: Routledge Studies in the modern world economy ; ; 96
• Classificazione: BUS000000BUS069000
• Altri autori (Persone): BoyerRobert <1943->; IsogaiAkinori <1956->; UemuraHiroyasu <1956->
• Disciplina: 330.95
• Soggetti: Capitalism - Asia; Economic development - Asia; Asia Economic conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Diversity and Transformations of Asian Capitalisms; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Asia: a social laboratory of contemporary capitalisms?; PART I Japanese capitalism: the companyism eroded by firms' heterogeneity and the lack of new coordinating mechanisms; 1 How has the Japanese mode of régulation changed?; 2 The transformation of the Japanese corporate system and the hierarchical nexus of institutions; 3 The increasing heterogeneity of firms in Japanese capitalism facts, causes, consequences, and implications; 4 Labor and financial-market risks and welfare spending A comparative study with a special emphasis on Japan5 Increasing wage inequality in Japan since the end of the 1990s An institutional explanation; 6 Institutional changes and the transformations of the growthregime in the Japanese economy: facing the impact of the world economic crisis ; and Asian integration; PART II Chinese and Korean capitalisms: two contrasted trajectories China: export or investment-led growth regime?; 7 Development mode and capability building in the age of modularization and regional integration: origins of structural adjustments of Chinese economy8 Chinese international production linkages and Japanese multinationals: evolving industrial interdependence and coordination; 9 Analysis of the linkage effect in Chinese export-led growth: according to the subdivisions of Asian international input-output tables; 10 The Chinese growth regime and the world economy; Korea: major transformations but uncertain régulation modes; 11 The Korean economy between two economic crises: hybridization or convergence towards a market-led economy?12 The great transformations in the Korean economy since 1962: processes and consequences; PART III Diversity of Asian capitalisms: from globalization to Asian integration? The impact of internationalization: distinctive national trajectories but a common domination of competition; 13 Asian capitalisms: institutional configurations and firm heterogeneity; 14 The consequences of internationalization of trade and financial transactions on growth Combining an institutional hierarchy hypothesis with a Keynes-Minsky approach15 Comparative analysis of conditions for monetary integration: Europe and Asia; 16 Given the heterogeneity of Asian countries, is a monetary integration or coordination possible?; Conclusion: the evolving diversity of Asian capitalisms, from the Asian crisis to the subprime crisis; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "Among a vast literature on the Asian economies, the book proposes a distinctive approach, inspired by y régulation Theory, in order to understand the current transformations of the Asian economies. Most scholars use as a market-led capitalism as a benchmark and implicitly they diagnose the many imperfections of the Japanese, Korean or Chinese configurations compared with the American one: the Asian crises are supposed to be the direct consequence of this discrepancy. By contrast the this book traces the specificities of the Asian economies back to the formation of their basic institutions after WWII which have been shaping each national economy. The book follows their transformations after the 1997 Asian crisis until the subprime crisis. During this period, the viability of their growth regime was to coherence of five basic institutional forms: the degree of competition and insertion into the world economy, the nature of labour market organization, the monetary and exchange rate regimes and finally the style for State intervention via legislation, public spending and tax.The book provides new findings. The degree of financial liberalization and opening to the world economy largely determines the severity of the 2008-2009 recession and the political-economic reactions of each Asian countries to the subprime crisis. Asian capitalisms are distinct from American and European ones, but they are quite diverse among themselves, and this differentiation has been widening during the last decade. This book will help to shed light on a de facto regional economic integration is taking place in Asia, but unsolved past political conflicts do hinder the institutionalisation of these interdependencies"--

Responses of Plants to Soil Flooding / / edited by Jun-Ichi Sakagami, Mikio Nakazono

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910861096403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024
• ISBN: 981-9991-12-9
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2024.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (183 pages)
• Disciplina: 582.0522
• Soggetti: Stress (Physiology); Plants; Bioclimatology; Plant physiology; Sustainability; Agriculture; Soil science; Plant Stress Responses; Climate Change Ecology; Plant Physiology; Soil Science
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter 1. Abiotic factors affect plant growth -- Chapter 2. Function and regulation of aquatic adventitious roots -- Chapter 3. Root plasticity for adaptation and productivity of crop plants grown under various water stresses -- Chapter 4. Regulation of root tissue size and adaptations to hypoxia -- Chapter 5. Flood avoidance mechanism via shoot elongation and photosynthesis in rice plants -- Chapter 6. The importance of leaf gas films for gas exchange during submergence.-Chapter 7. Cavity tissue for the internal aeration in plants -- Chapter 8. Development and regulation of a radial oxygen loss barrier to acclimate to anaerobic conditions -- Chapter 9. Oxygen transport and plant ventilation -- Chapter 10. Anaerobic germination in rice -- Chapter 11. Plant morpho-physiological responses to changes in the soil water ; status. .
• Sommario/riassunto: In this book, leading researchers from this field systematically explain the latest research results on anaerobic responses in plants. The book is characterized by its in-depth coverage of the tolerance functions of plants under hypoxic conditions from a variety of perspectives, with a particular focus on research areas related to molecular biology and genetics. Although drought responses have dominated water stress research in the past, recent floods and attempts to introduce new cropping systems have made it necessary to take measures against excessive water stress injury, and systematic research is needed for this purpose. From this point of view, the approach taken in this book is new and interesting in that it covers basic research and adaptation technologies in the field, and can be applied to various different situations. The focus of this book is how plants can adapt to poor environments and improve productivity under the conditions of soil hypoxia caused by excess water, such as heavy rains and typhoons. From this point of view, the reader will be able to understand the various adaptations of plants to climate change, which will clarify the future directions of research and show the possibility of applying the knowledge and techniques gained in this book to the field. The Sixth Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2021) warns that global warming will proceed faster than previously assumed and that all regions of the world will face increasing changes. “Climate Resilient Development” has been proposed as a key phrase to combat global warming, and it is important to identify the adaptive capacity of plants and improve it where possible. In this regard, the publication of this book, which includes ideas for mitigating flood damage caused by global warming, is extremely important, timely, and rational.