East Asia and Latin America: The Unlikely Alliance

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This volume sheds new light on the much-neglected topic of current and potential relations between East Asia and Latin America. The contributors contend that close cooperation between peoples and governments of these two areas is feasible and desirable-and indeed that it could have beneficial effects on the shaping of a new world order in the face of globalization and in the wake of 9/11. A genuinely comparative set of essays examines economic and political similarities, differences, and connections between East Asia and Latin America; a concluding chapter suggests practical ways to strengthen ties between the two regions. By bringing together original work by senior scholars and professional experts from both regions, the book offers an authoritative, comprehensive, and provocative set of perspectives.

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An intriguing collection of sixteen papers by contributors from Latin American and Asian academics and professional experts, putting forward a case for close co-operation between the peoples and governmentsof these two areas. * British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, the Caribbean, Portugal and Spain *

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Peter Smith is professor of political science and Simon Bolivar Professor of Latin American Studies, University of California, San Diego. Kotaro Horisaka is Professor of Latin American Studies and Dean of Academic Affairs at Sophia University in Tokyo. Shoji Nishijima is Director of the Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration at Kobe University in Japan.