Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: External Sources of Continuity and Change 1
5. Part One BASELINE
6. 1. Social Networks and the Power They Produce 13
7. 2. The Postwar Political Economy of Japan 40
8. 3. Leading a Flock of Geese 71
9. Part Two THE 1990S
10. 4. Maintaining the Relational Status Quo 105
11. 5. Elite Regionalization and the Protective Buffer 142
12. 6. The Costs of Continuity 175
13. Part Three THE NEW MILLENNIUM
14. 7. Grounding Asia’s Flying Geese 203
15. 8. Some Change . . . at Last 223
16. Conclusion: Beyond Asia 246
17. References 257
18. Index 285