CARS, CARRIERS OF REGIONALISM?; ED. BY YANNICK LUNG

This highly topical book brings together some of the world's leading specialists on the global car industry who discuss the ins and outs of the faster lane of regionalism at a time that the world is reassessing the ins and outs of globalization. It provides a thorough and up-dated mapping of the worldwide geography of the car industry, in the triad regions (Europe, North America and Japan), and in the emerging countries and regions. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 List of Tables......Page 8 List of Figures......Page 10 List of Abbreviations......Page 11 Foreword......Page 13 Notes on the Contributors......Page 19 1 Introduction: In Search of a Viable Automobile Space......Page 20 Part I A World of Regions?......Page 40 2 The Faster Lane of Regionalism......Page 42 3 Multinational Carmakers’ Regional Strategies......Page 61 Part II Regional Integration with(in) Industrialized Regions......Page 74 4 The Dynamics of Regional Integration in the European Car Industry......Page 76 5 Peripheral Regionalism: The Consequences of Integrating Central and Eastern Europe in the European Automobile Space......Page 94 6 Challenges for the Turkish Car Industry on its Way to Integration with the European Union......Page 110 7 NAFTA: The Process of Regional Integration of Motor Vehicle Production......Page 123 Part III Regional Integration within Emerging Regions......Page 138 8 MERCOSUR: Interaction between Governments and Producers and the Sustainability of the Regional Automobile Industry......Page 140 9 ASEAN: Developing a Division of Labour in a Developing Region......Page 158 10 Recreating an Automobile Space by Regional Integration: The CIS Perspective......Page 176 11 The Limits to Regionalism: The Automotive Industry in the Southern African Development Community......Page 192 12 Maghrebi Integration and the Automobile Industry: Past Failures and New Perspectives......Page 208 Part IV The Challenge of ‘Go It Alone’......Page 222 13 The Risk of ‘Go-It-Alone’: The Japanese Car Industry – From Boom to Bust?......Page 224 14 ‘Avoiding the Neighbours’: The National/Global Development Strategy of the Korean Automobile Industry......Page 237 15 Going Local: Foreign Investment, Local Development and the Chinese Auto Sector......Page 252 16 The Indian Passenger Car Industry and the South Asian Market: Global Auto Companies’ Struggles in India......Page 266 Notes......Page 281 References......Page 288 A......Page 304 B......Page 305 C......Page 306 D......Page 308 E......Page 309 F......Page 310 G......Page 311 H......Page 312 I......Page 313 J......Page 314 L......Page 315 M......Page 316 N......Page 318 O......Page 319 P......Page 320 R......Page 321 S......Page 322 T......Page 325 U......Page 326 Y......Page 327 Z......Page 328 The car industry is considered one of the most archetypal global industries. Nevertheless, it looks more like a world of regions rather than a fully integrated global one. Does regionalism prevail over or complement globalization? Moreover, is there still room for unilateral (go-it-alone) strategies? This volume addresses these questions from the perspective of the car industry, the most important industrial 'carrier' of these developments. Cars, Carriers of Regionalism? provides an integral account of the geo-economic and geo-political dilemmas and opportunities faced by the car industry in developed as well as developing countries at the start of the 21st century. All major regional integration initiatives are covered and their feasibility is assessed, including go-it-alone efforts. This volume - written by leading scholars who have participated to the GERPISA international network's four-year research programme Globalization or Regionalisation for the Auto Industry? - is intended for both academics and practitioners/managers "Cars, Carriers of Regionalism? provides an integral account of the geo-economic and geo-political dilemmas and opportunities faced by the car industry in developed as well as developing countries at the start of the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET. Edited By Jorge Carrillo, Yannick Lung And Rob Van Tulder. In Association With Gerpisa Réseau International. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 269-284) And Index.