Ian Pirie gives a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of state and economic restructuring in South Korea since the 1997 crisis.

This book analyzes, from a historical comparative perspective, the Korean economic development model, the extent to which it has changed from its classical mode

This book problematises the statist underpinnings of the concept of the ‘developmental state,’ in terms of both state–society and national–global relati

Developmental state, n.: the government, motivated by desire for economic advancement, intervenes in industrial affairs. The notion of the developmental state h

The Asian financial crisis of 1997–1998 was supposed to be the death knell for the developmental state. The International Monetary Fund supplied emergency fun