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1. Introduction -- 2. Current Debates and Theoretical Arguments -- 3. Characteristics of Korean Economic Growth -- 4. The Traditional Korean Political Economic Model -- 5. Change and Continuity of the Korean Developmental Model -- 6. Politics of Evolution -- 7. Conclusion.

The book analyses and evaluates the development role and impact of the state in East Asia, in both capitalist (South Korea and Taiwan) and socialist (China) contexts. It makes use of new research data on the mechanisms and impact of state intervention in East Asian development and presents an original theory, taking issue with the conventional view that East Asian development reflects the power of market forces.

Abstract This paper proposes a new approach to the classification of Developmental States (DS) based on their public efforts to foster human development. We conceptualize DS within a multidimensional framework that includes three main dimensions (economic, social and democratic), and run a hierarchical cluster analysis for 112 countries in order to build a multidimensional taxonomy of ds. We propose a country-classification and characterize three country-groups with different developmental public efforts: i) the human development States; ii) the unbalanced developmental States and iii) the non-developmental States. Our multidimensional taxonomy offers a more complex understanding of the variety of public efforts devoted to promote human development, thus overcoming the restricted -economical- conception of DS, which is mainly focused to the East Asian region.

The End of the Developmental State? brings together leading scholars of development to assess the current status of the ""developmental state"" in several developing and transitional economies of South Korea, Taiwan, Ireland, the United Kingdom, China, South Africa, Brazil and India. Has the concept of the developmental state become outmoded? These authors would suggest not. However, they do argue that the historical trajectories of developmental states in Asia, Latin America, Africa and Europe suggest all too clearly that the concept must be re-examined critically and creatively. The range an

The End of the Developmental State? brings together leading scholars of development to assess the current status of the ""developmental state"" in several developing and transitional economies of South Korea, Taiwan, Ireland, the United Kingdom, China, South Africa, Brazil and India. Has the concept of the developmental state become outmoded? These authors would suggest not. However, they do argue that the historical trajectories of developmental states in Asia, Latin America, Africa and Europe suggest all too clearly that the concept must be re-examined critically and creatively.

The developmental state has become a popular definition used to discuss the "China Model". Based on the developmental state, various definitions have originated. Concepts such as new developmental states and neo-developmentalism are widely applied to describe Chinese development. This paper summarizes representative opinions in examining China from the perspective of the developmental state, and reevaluates the specificity and characteristics of the Chinese developmental state in terms of structural dynamism. We believe that the developmental state as a concept is not precisely defined. Instead, its application and extension must incorporate considerations of historical specificity and subject continuity. Considering such initial constraints as politics, economics, and military conditions, China differs significantly from other classic examples of East Asian developmental states. Consequently, China would also face different developmental paths, directions, corresponding policies, and measures from those of other developmental states. The East Asian experiences of developmental states only offer limited scope for reference. Still, in terms of effective integration between markets, governments, and societies, their experiences and lessons prove worthy for consideration and reflection.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Words of Praise for Towards a Democratic Developmental State -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK - TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENTAL STATES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Developmental States in Historical Perspective -- 2.1 The East Asian experience -- 2.2 The importance of the colonial legacy and income inequality -- 2.3 The nature and capacity of developmental states -- 2.4 Key policy strategies of developmental states -- 3.0 Democratic Developmental States in the twenty-first century and Africa -- 3.1 Expanded space for debate about developmental approaches -- 3.2 Relevance for today: from the 'developmental state' to the 'democratic developmental state' -- 4. The Structural Roots of Un- and Under-Employ-ment, Inequality and Poverty in Southern Africa: The Need for a Developmental Intervention -- 5. Terms of reference of the century case studies -- 6. Structure of the Book -- References -- 2. THE STATE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: A CASE FOR PLACING WOMEN AT THE CENTRE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical background: A Heritage of Inequality and Marginalisation -- 3. Current status of Women and Girls -- 3.1 Women's socio-economic status: the least improved in the last decades -- 3.1.1 Women's access to land: a matter of life and death for many women -- 3.1.2 Limited access to other natural resources -- 3.1.3 Women's 'informalised' economic lives -- 3.1.4 Women have become the social safety nets -- 3.2 Women's political situation: no space to engage meaningfully -- 3.3 Access to justice: is separation of powers enough? -- 3.4 The state of women's movements -- 4. Structural Transformation Needed as a Lever to Pull Women to the Centre -- 4.1 The dynamics of power and privilege in the region -- 4.1.1 Power to: bringing one's agency to bear.

This book is an open invitation to the enterprise of re-imagining an alternative decolonial development project in Africa. It does this by focusing on the triple themes of African agency, development finance, and African developmental states in the context of an emerging multipolar world system. The book must be read as an affirmatively disruptive inquiry into the twin evils of global coloniality and global capitalist economic relations that have kept Africa on the lower rungs of the global pecking order, thereby preventing the rooting of an alternative development paradigm on the continent. As such, the book seeks to contribute towards the project of extricating the financing of development in Africa from the clutches of the Global North and the emerging powers of the Global South. In this way, it is a call for Afro-rebellion against the old and new forms of global coloniality and global capitalism. While the book is of major interest to scholars and students of African Studies, Development Studies, International Development Cooperation, International Relations, International Trade and Investment, Diplomacy, AfricaChina Relations, and Political Science, it is equally meant for the general reader as it assumes no prior knowledge in any of the field of enquiry other than interest in the development of the African continent. Gorden Moyo is Senior Lecturer at Lupane State University, Zimbabwe. He is also Founder of an independent think tankthe Public Policy and Research Institute of Zimbabwe (PPRIZ). He received his Ph. D. in African Leadership Development from the National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe. He is Former Minister of State in the Prime Ministers Office, and Former Minister of State Enterprises and Parastatals, Zimbabwe. He has edited three books and published several peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters.

This article aims to examine the impact of globalization to developmental state model as practiced in South Korean. The model, which requires a high state intervention in economic development process, in a great tension with spririt of democratization and economic liberalization or minimal state intervention embedded in globalization. Contrary to commonly assumed, this article argues that the developmental state to retain state's critical role in economic development, yet it shall improve its transparency dan democratic policy-making.