Asian States

A team of international leading experts provide a much needed re-examination of the theoretical claims and the empirical foundation of developmental state theory.

Richard Boyd is Reader in the Law and Society of Japan at Leiden University, The Netherlands. Tak-Wing Ngo is Lecturer in Chinese Politics at Leiden University, The Netherlands.

Notes on Contributors  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