TY - BOOK AU - Doner,Richard F. AU - Noble,Gregory W. AU - Ravenhill,John TI - The political economy of automotive industrialization in East Asia T2 - Oxford scholarship online SN - 9780197520291 AV - HD9710.E272 D66 2021 U1 - 338.47629222095 23 PY - 2021/// CY - New York, NY PB - Oxford University Press KW - Automobile industry and trade KW - East Asia KW - Industrial policy KW - Transport KW - ukslc KW - Industry & industrial studies KW - thema N1 - Also issued in print: 2021; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - East Asia is a powerhouse of automobile production. Yet, across the region, national automobile industries have had strikingly different patterns of development. Despite starting from equally low levels of performance and initially similar strategies, countries have experienced vastly different results. From Thailand's success as an assembly hub for foreign automakers and China's unexpected achievements in building its own car industry, to South Korea's impressive development of an integrated industry, to the Philippines' persistent weakness, these divergent paths offer a fascinating window into the determinants of economic growth. This title provides a political explanation for why development strategies and performance have been so uneven within one of the world's most important regions UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197520253.001.0001 ER -