Wechat catch up industrialization the trajectory and prospects of east asian economies by suehiro akira trans tom gill singapore nus press in association with the kyoto university press 2008 xvi 395 pp akira suehiro has written an excellent book that tells about east asias failures and successes highs and lows destiny and . Catch up industrialization is an innovative examination of how the political ideology of developmentalism has driven east asian economic growth the author considers innovative production and management techniques the patterns of industrial relations and the way education shapes the workforce using this information to assess late 20th century east asian economic development based on economic liberalization and the rapid diffusion of information technology. The trajectory and prospects of east asian economies akira suehiro translated by tom gill university of hawaii press honolulu contents acknowledgements vii list of tables ix list of figures xiii a note on the citation of japanese and thai names xvi introduction what is catch up industrialization 1 part 1 perspectives and methods chapter 1 perspectives governments markets and . Catch up industrialization offers an innovative examination of the economies of east asia from the 1960s into the first decade of the twenty first century the book examines the way the political ideology of developmentalism has driven economic growth the significance of innovative production and management techniques the patterns of industrial relations characteristic of late developing economies and the way education shapes the workforce. Catch up industrialization the trajectory and prospects of east asian economies by akira suehiro alice h amsden massachusetts institute of technology cambridge mass usa search for more papers by this author alice h amsden massachusetts institute of technology cambridge mass usa search for more papers by this author first published 03 december 2009