Preface / John Spoehr and Purnendra Jain -- 1. Engaging state - Australian subnational government engagement with the Asia Pacific Region / John Spoehr and Purnendra Jain -- 2.Population flows between South Australia and Asia / Graeme Hugo -- 3. Regional South Australia's engagement with the Asia Pacific Region : primary industries / Julian Morison -- 4. International education - deepening engagement / Barry Burgan and John Spoehr -- 5. Asian ambivalence and South Australian parliamentary travel / Greg McCarthy and Jennifer Bain -- 6. South Australia and China / Gerry Groot and Glen Stafford -- 7. South Australia and India / Purnendra Jain and Peter Mayer -- 8. South Australia and the United States / David F. Mosler and Sharon A. Mosler -- 9. South Australia and Japan / Purnendra Jain -- 10. South Australia-Southeast Asia relations / Ming Hwa Ting
Summary
"The global financial crisis has highlighted the critical importance of Australia's engagement with the United States and the industrialising giants of Asia. In particular Australia's exports to China and India have helped to insulate the nation from some of the worst consequences of the downturn elsewhere in the world. Increasingly, sub-national governments such as South Australia's are engaging directly with the region in an attempt to strengthen economic ties. The Engaging State shines a light on emerging forms of engagement in the Asia-Pacific century." --Back cover
