Richard F. Doner is Goodrich C. White Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Emory University, where he taught from 1985 to 2019. He is the author of The Politics of Uneven Development (2009) and From Silicon Valley to Singapore (2000). Gregory W. Noble is Professor of Politics and Public Administration in the Institute of Social Science at the University of Tokyo. He is the author of Collective Action in East Asia (1998) and since 2010 has served as Editor-in-Chief of Social Science Japan Journal. John Ravenhill is Professor in Political Science at the University of Waterloo, where he is the Department Chair. He was previously the Director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo. He is co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of International Relations of Asia (OUP, 2014) and editor of the sixth edition of Global Political Economy (OUP, 2020).
This is a landmark work of scholarship. The authors construct and illustrate a unique, compelling argument about different institutional paths to growth, innovation, and sustained global competitiveness that has profound implications for all countries, but especially emerging market societies. This is a must read for understanding the evolution of manufacturing and technological change in Asia. * Gerald A. McDermott, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina * This is easily the most comprehensive study of the automotive sector in East Asia (outside Japan) in recent decades. It offers a clear and concrete institutional approach to explaining comparative development outcomes in East Asian economies and we are well blessed by the authors' engaging writing style. * Henry Yeung, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore *