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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...

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This book is a key contribution to political sociology, international relations, and international political economy.

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This is a timely and important book.... Meredith Woo-Cumings brings together an impressive line-up of contributors to provide the best retrospective analysis of the developmental state, and its concomitant pragmatic and theoretical importance, yet produced.... Sure to become a major contribution to a debate about one of the most important and distinctive institutions to emerge from Asia.

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In conclusion, this collection provides a much needed update on the theory of the developmental state. The articles... are useful for those interested in comparative politics, sociology, international political economy, Asian studies and economics.

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The Developmental State

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      Publisher Cornell University Press
      Published 10 June 1999
      ISBN-13 9780801485664
      978-0801485664
      ISBN-10 0801485665
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      Development economics

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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...

      Trade Review

      This book is a key contribution to political sociology, international relations, and international political economy.

      * The Journal of Politics *

      This is a timely and important book.... Meredith Woo-Cumings brings together an impressive line-up of contributors to provide the best retrospective analysis of the developmental state, and its concomitant pragmatic and theoretical importance, yet produced.... Sure to become a major contribution to a debate about one of the most important and distinctive institutions to emerge from Asia.

      * Journal of Asian Business *

      In conclusion, this collection provides a much needed update on the theory of the developmental state. The articles... are useful for those interested in comparative politics, sociology, international political economy, Asian studies and economics.

      * Millennium *

      Woo-Cumings... lays out a wondrous historiographical overview of the developmental state as a social science concept.... Highest recommendations.

      * Choice *

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