Open AccessBook
The developmental state
Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
The authors examined the East Asian experience to show how the developmental state involves a combination of political, bureaucratic, and moneyed influences that shape economic life in the region, and compared the experiences of East Asian countries with those of France, Brazil, Mexico, and India.Abstract:
Developmental state, n.: the government, motivated by desire for economic advancement, intervenes in industrial affairs. The notion of the developmental state has come under attack in recent years. Critics charge that Japan's success in putting this notion into practice has not been replicated elsewhere, that the concept threatens the purity of freemarket economics, and that its shortcomings have led to financial turmoil in Asia. In this informative and thought-provoking book, a team of distinguished scholars revisits this notion to assess its continuing utility and establish a common vocabulary for debates on these issues. Drawing on new political and economic theories and emphasizing recent events, the authors examine the East Asian experience to show how the developmental state involves a combination of political, bureaucratic, and moneyed influences that shape economic life in the region. Taking as its point of departure Chalmers Johnson's account of the Japanese developmental state, the book explores the interplay of forces that have determined the structure of opportunity in the region. The authors critically address the argument for centralized political involvement in industrial development (with a new contribution by Johnson), describe the historical impact of colonialism and the Cold War, consider new ideas in economics, and compare the experiences of East Asian countries with those of France, Brazil, Mexico, and India.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Linkages between Citizens and Politicians in Democratic Polities
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore theories of linkage choice between voters and political elites in new democracies and established democracies, and develop conceptual definitions of charismatic, clientelist, and programmatic linkages between politicians and electoral constituencies.
Book
The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths
TL;DR: The US Entrepreneurial State: From crisis ideology to the Division of Innovative Labour as mentioned in this paper, from crisis ideologies to the division of innovative labour, from crisis ideology to innovative labour.
MonographDOI
State-directed development : political power and industrialization in the global periphery
TL;DR: In this article, states and industrialization in the global periphery are discussed. But the focus is on the role of states and their role in the development of a modern political economy.
Journal ArticleDOI
Democracy and Economic Growth: A Historical Perspective
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the causal effect of democracy can be measured by a country's regime status in a particular year (T), which is correlated with its growth performance in a subsequent period (T+l).