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Figure 6.1 The increasing number of nation-states: growth in UN membership Source: United Nations

Figure 6.2 A world of nation-states

Figure 6.3 National variations in cultural characteristics Source: based on Hofstede, 1980: p. 336

Figure 6.4 ‘Asian values’? Source: based on material in Koh, 1993

Figure 6.5 National competitive advantage: the Porter ‘diamond’ Source: based on material in Porter, 1990: chapter 3

Figure 6.6 State economic involvement in different types of capitalism

Figure 6.7 Central government spending as a share of GDP Source: OECD data

Figure 6.8 Major types of trade policy

Figure 6.9 Major types of FDI policy

Figure 6.10 Changes in national regulation of FDI Source: based on UNCTAD, 2009: Table I.14; 2012: Table III.1

Figure 6.11 Major types of industry and technology policy

Figure 6.12 Elements of labour market policies

Figure 6.13 Paths of industrialization in Latin America and East Asia: common and divergent features Source: based on material in Gereffi, 1990: Figure 1.1; p. 17

Figure 6.14 Growth in EPZs Source: ILO, 2003: Table 1; 2007a: pp. 1–2

Figure 6.15 The geography of China’s ‘open policy’

Figure 6.16 The acceleration in RTAs Source: WTO data

Figure 6.17 The tangled web of RTAs Source: based on WTO data; Financial Times, 19 November 2003; press reports

Figure 6.18 Types of regional economic integration

Figure 6.19 Major RTAs

Figure 6.20 The EU: from 6 to 28 members (and beyond?)

Figure 6.21 The mosaic of RTAs in the Americas

Figure 6.22 The China–ASEAN Free Trade Agreement

Figure 6.23 The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC)