The Political Economy of the Asian Financial Crisis

Renowned political scientist Stephan Haggard examines the political aspects of the Asian financial crisis in the countries most affected: Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Haggard focuses on the political economy of the crisis, emphasizing the long-running problems of moral hazard and corruption, as well as the politics of crisis management and the political fallout that ensued.

Stephan Haggard, visiting fellow, is a professor at the University of California, San Diego Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and is an adjunct in the Department of Political Science. In July 1997 he became Director of the University of California's systemwide Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, where he chairs the Northeast Asian Cooperation Dialogue. He has been a consultant to AID, the World Bank, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the OECD and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Institute.