TY - JOUR AU - Lee, Su-Hoon PY - 2000/11/26 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The Rise of East Asia and East Asian Social Science?s Quest for Self-Identity JF - Journal of World-Systems Research JA - JWSR VL - 6 IS - 3 SE - Structures of Knowledge DO - 10.5195/jwsr.2000.202 UR - https://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/jwsr/article/view/202 SP - 768-783 AB - The once highly lauded ?East Asian Miracle? turned sour after some East Asian economies, together with Southeast Asian countries, suffered from currency and ?nancial crisis in 1997. It triggered a great deal of discussion of what both local and foreign analysts called ?Asian crisis?. It generated numerous questions and issues that troubled not only policy-makers but also the social science community. The discussion continues even today and perhaps will continue forever without any de?nitive conclusion. ER -