Focusing on Korea, this work explores the reasons why this state has experienced gradual economic reform while other authoritarian regimes have been swept away by the dual revolution of democratization and economic liberalization. Tat Yan Kong argues that the East Asian path through these transitions has been the smoothest, with the economic and political practices of authoritarian industrialization being dismantled gradually.Thi s book examines the origins and limitations of this transition in the light of the South Korean experience and addresses key issues such as: the role of the state in...