The State and Industry in South Korea: The Limits of the Authoritarian State

by Jong-Chan Rhee

Overview

The economic success of East Asia is often attributed to the relationship between state and business. In The State and Industry in South Korea , Jong-Chan Rhee presents a more balanced view of Korea's 'industrial miracle'. The book examines the limits of a strong authoritarian state as a vehicle for intervening in the market or for sponsoring liberal reform. In so doing the author focuses on how state-controlled industrial adjustment in Korea has succeeded and failed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134834501
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/31/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	752 KB

About the Author

Jong-Chan Rhee teaches in the Department of Political Science at Kyung Hee University, Seoul. He is particularly interested in the comparative financial politics of Korea, Japan and France.

Table of Contents

Preface, Introduction 1 Institutional change and capitalist collective action: the analytical framework and arguments 2 The state-led industrial adjustments in comparative perspective: Japan and France 3 The limits of state-led heavy and chemical industrialization 4 The policy formation of investment adjustment for economic stabilization 5 The policy failure of the first investment adjustment 6 The policy failure of the second investment adjustment 7 The politics of economic reform 8 The return to a collusive state-big business governing coalition: the disposals of financially ill-managed firms