Beyond the Developmental State

Exposes the theoretical and empirical limitations of the developmental state paradigm, offering policy alternatives.

Moving beyond abstract economic models and superficial descriptions of the market, Beyond the Developmental State analyses the economic, political and ideological interests which underpin current socio-economic processes.

Through this approach, the contributors show the close interrelation between states and markets in both national and international contexts. Drawing on a wide range of case studies and themes, the book exposes the theoretical and empirical limitations of the developmental state paradigm, offering alternatives as well as discussing the policy implications and challenges they raise.

For scholars, students and practitioners of development, Beyond the Developmental State presents a decisive break with the old dogmas of both neoliberal orthodoxy and theories of 'market-imperfection', and outlines theoretically and empirically grounded alternatives.

1. Beyond the Developmental State: An Introduction, by
Ben Fine
2. The Rise and Fall of the Developmental State? The case
of the Japanese and South Korean steel industries, by
Hajime Sato
3. An Alternative Perspective on Industrial Policy: The Case
of the South Korean Car Industry, by Kwon-Hyung Lee
4. Labour and the ‘Developmental State’: A critique of the
developmental state theory of labour, by Dae-oup Chang
5. What of the Developmental State Beyond Catching up?
The Case of the South Korean Microelectronics Industry, by
Humam Al-Jazaeri
6. Globalisation and the Decline of the Developmental
State, by Iain Pirie
7. The Software Industry and Interventionist Policy in
India, by Jyoti Saraswati
8. Lessons for Nigeria from developmental states: the role
of agriculture in structural transformation, by Eka Ikpe
9. Finance and the developmental state: the case of
Argentina, by Daniela Tavasci
10. Systems of Accumulation and the Evolving MEC Sam
Ashman, by Ben Fine and Susan Newman
Index