The fallout from the crisis in Asia has been immense. Asia's position as the global economy's growth engine is now no longer tenable. As the political and economic regimes that defined 'Asian capitalism' struggle to survive, it is by no means clear whether free markets, transparent and accountable systems of governance and more vigorous civil societies will follow.

The contributors to Politics and Markets in the Wake of the Asian Crisis argue vigorously that processes of globalization are driven by complex political forces and that it is not enough to look at economic factors in isolation. Chapters focus on the different political and market forces being forged in the wake of the crisis: from the highly ordered responses of China and Singapore to the chaos and disintegration in Indonesia; the money politics of Thailand to the developmentalist juggernauts of Korea.

They put the crisis in its global context, reassessing its impact on the configurations of power and interest shaping global markets and analysing the role of the IMF, the World Bank and the governments and financial institutions of the major Western Economies.

Some governments in East Asia claim that the rule of law is a distinctive characteristic of their political system. Major multilateral agencies such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank spend considerable resources on the provision of legal reform projects. There is an assumption that the rule of law will result in a transition to market-based economies and even democracy, but is this really true for Asia?

In this challenging and provocative new study the authors contest that the liberal notion of the rule of law regulating the exercise of power is unlikely to come about in much of East Asia. Indeed, they argue that the rule of law is more likely to provide political elites with the means to control civil society more closely. In this broad-ranging volume a comparative approach is used to examine the major states of East Asia in both civil and common law jurisdiction.

Law, Capitalism and Power in Asia: The Rule of Law and Legal Institutions makes clear that the rule of law needs to be understood in the context of notions of political authority and shows how important it is to locate concepts of judicial independence and the rule of law more generally within the ideological vocabulary of the state.

How were collective goods provided in the authoritarian developmental states, transitional socialist societies and nascent democracies of twentieth-century Asia? How will the methods of collective goods production change in the new millennium? By whom, for whom, and with what consequences will they be supplied?

Collective Goods, Collective Futures in Asia documents and analyses the contests over the provision of collective goods and examines the impact of their provision on the societies, polities and economies of contemporary East and Southeast Asia. Sargeson's introductory chapter on the conceptualisation and political rationalities of collective goods provision establishes a theoretical framework for ten original, methodologically diverse and empirically rich case studies. Focusing on regional trade and conservation regimes, NGOs, property rights and management institutions regulating access to common pool resources, physical infrastructure, social welfare and urban public space, the contributors to this volume illuminate the new ideologies, actors and arrangements that are producing the collective goods that will shape Asia's future.

This book is essential reading for all those interested in debates about processes of political, economic and social change in Asia, including graduates in disciplines ranging from comparative politics and policy analysis to economics, Asian Studies scholars, foreign aid providers and civil society activists.