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

3. Figure 6.2 A world of nation-states

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

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

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

7. Figure 6.6 State economic involvement in different types of capitalism

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

9. Figure 6.8 Major types of trade policy

10. Figure 6.9 Major types of FDI policy

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

12. Figure 6.11 Major types of industry and technology policy

13. Figure 6.12 Elements of labour market policies

14. 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

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

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

17. Figure 6.16 The acceleration in RTAs Source: WTO data

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

19. Figure 6.18 Types of regional economic integration

20. Figure 6.19 Major RTAs

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

22. Figure 6.21 The mosaic of RTAs in the Americas

23. Figure 6.22 The China–ASEAN Free Trade Agreement

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