Asian states : beyond the developmental perspective / edited by Richard Boyd and Tak-Wing Ngo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boyd, Richard.

Ngo, Tak-Wing, 1962-

Series:

Politics in Asia series.

Politics in Asia series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State, The.

East Asia--Economic policy.

East Asia.

East Asia--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A team of international leading experts provide a much needed re-examination of the theoretical claims and the empirical foundation of developmental state theory. Asian States argues that regardless of the merits of the developmental state as an explanation of economic growth, it falls far short of being an adequate theory of the state in Asia. The contributors critically review claims about agency, state-society and state-market relations that shape developmental projects. It broadens the analysis of state involvement in developmental projects and considers the variety of political a

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Emancipating the political economy of Asia from the growth paradigm; 2 A regulationist and state theoretical analysis; 3 The state market condominium approach; 4 The paradox of weak power and strong authority in the Japanese state; 5 The political bases of episodic agency in the Taiwan state; 6 Local state structure and developmental incentives in China; 7 Social contradictions of the Korean state; 8 The political economy of the Asian welfare state; 9 Transplanting the neoliberal state in Southeast Asia; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-218) and index.

ISBN:

1-56006-735-7

1-134-28115-3

1-134-28116-1

1-280-14184-0

0-203-30823-9

9780203308233

OCLC:

437079662