Stirrings of mutual recognition / Laurence Whitehead -- Politics of the Asian financial crisis / Stephan Haggard -- State-business relations in South Korea and Taiwan / Tun-jen Cheng, Yun-han Chu -- State-business relations in Latin America / Eduardo Silva -- Capital mobility and democratic stability / Sylvia Maxfield -- Dimensions of development / Francis Fukuyama and Sanjay Marwah -- Alternative systems of capitalism / Gordon Redding -- Does education promote growth and democracy? / Ananya Basu and Elizabeth M. King -- Hazards of convergence / Laurence Whitehead.