Developmental States: Relevancy, Redundancy Or Reconfiguration?

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The literature is extant on the origins and evaluation of East Asian developmental states and some Southeast Asian ones, drawing differentiations and variations between the first- and second-generation developmental states. The common issue is that what had worked has become less effective as domestic and external conditions have changed, the latter as much influenced by globalisation, information communication technology, knowledge-based new economy and deregulation in the global economy. Developmental states are clearly not static, but dynamic and transitional over time. This volume has three main objectives. First, as the title suggests, the relevancy and resilience of developmental states, especially in Asia is questioned. The Asian crisis seems to have turned the economic miracle economies to a fast meltdown with Japan still in a profound stagnation which puts the faith and credibility of developmental state at stake, both its rise and fall. As the Asian crisis triggered or precipitated the meltdown, a second, objective is to explore the reasons and factors for the breakdown or redundancy of developmental states, distinguishing between domestic transformative capacity and external global factors as identified. A third objective is to cull experiences and lessons beyond East Asia. With many transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe beside China and Indochinese states, the theory and practice of developmental states may be a useful bridge. These are by no means exhaustive and comprehensive aims, questions and issues. For individual developmental states covered in this volume, country-specific lessons may also be drawn for them to be reconfigured to stay relevant. The most important consideration for this volume is to value-add to the literature, both the theory and principles of the Asian developmental state as well as empirical observations observed elsewhere. This volume comprises 13 chapters in two parts. Part 1 surveys the theoretical and empirical overview of developmental states while Part 2 covers nine country-cases, with Abbott's chapter on the automobile industry doubling for the developmental state's experience in Thailand and Malaysia.
The literature is extant on the origins and evaluation of East Asian developmental states and some Southeast Asian ones, drawing differentiations and variations between the first- and second-generation developmental states. The common issue is that what had worked has become less effective as dom...

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A Google user
February 9, 2012
Ms Low's opinions and analysis of theories and practices of the developmental state are evidently sound and interesting, providing good insight to a long time student of the subject (such as myself). Those she brings together in the book and the chapters they contribute are similarly interesting and intellectualy sound. My problem with the book is a very basic one, and extremely fixable, which is what makes it all the more frustrating. Ms Low's introduction and overview is full of the most basic grammar, punctuation and tense faults. Sentence structure frequently verges on nonsensical, with some sections requiring six or seven re-reads before the actual meaning can be extracted. I double checked with my thesis tutor just in case i was misunderstanding the topic but i wasn't, the paragraphs simply did not consist of logical sentences. This is evidently not a printing error, and perhaps Ms Low's editor should have reviewed the book more thoroughly before going to print, or perhaps Ms Low herself should have reviewed her own work more thoroughly. I have found similar errors and problems throughout the book though not as severe as in Ms Low's section. There is a reasonably wide range of literature in regards the developental state and i would suggest choosing one of those instead of this text. Having purchased it some months ago i am unable to return it and therefore decided to put in the effort of breaking down the sentences and paragraphs to understand what the author was actually trying to say. Had someone left a review informing me of these issues i would definately have taken their advice. Save yourself the trouble and leave well alone.
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Linda Low is Senior Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. She has researched and published widely on public policies, public sector economics, social security, privatisation, health economics, manpower and education, trade and economic development in the Asia Pacific.
Linda Low is Senior Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. She has researched and published widely on public policies, public sector economics, social security, privatisation, health economics, manpower and education, trade and economic development in the Asia Pacific.

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