State Capacity in East Asia: China, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Japan

ISBN-13: 9780198297635 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 320 str.

Kjeld Eric Brodsgaard; Susan Young;Brodsgaard

Opis

This book examines states and state capacity in four countries that have experienced rapid economic growth over several decades, China, Japan, Taiwan, and Vietnam It argues that while modern market forces and transnational corporations exert tremendous pressures, states still matter. The capacity of the East Asian state to adapt and develop new institutions is empirically illustrated as well as theoretically contextualized.

Recenzje

This book has made a significant contribution to our understanding of state capacity and the states in East Asia