The Post-Crisis Developmental State: Perspectives from the Global Periphery (International Political Economy Series)

"The focus of this volume is on the role of the developmental state in a situation in which a series of major crises affects the (semi- ) periphery of the global economy. The authors go beyond the established debate on developmental states in East Asia by highlighting a much broader understanding of development and a very different global economic context. They also further the existing debate by covering new country cases. At the same time, they deepen our perspective on developmental states by looking at unusual sectors such as green industrial policy, education and farming"--Back cover Contents Notes on Contributors Abbreviations List of Figures List of Tables 1 Introduction The Structure of the Book References 2 Institutions and Change: New Horizons in Economic Theory Introduction Institutions Matter: Heterodoxy in Policy-Making Institutions as Impediment to Change Can Institutions Become Hollowed? An Overview: What Makes Institutions Relevant for Change? Conclusion References 3 On Big Cycles in Development of Global Capitalism Introduction Basic Definitions and General Trends in the Evolution of Models of Capitalism Key Advantages, Drivers, and Challenges of the Current Phase of Global Capitalism Global Market and Limits of National-Level Organized Capitalism External Threats and New Ideas as a Factor of Development References 4 Catching-Up Opportunities of East-Central European States in the Context of Technology Cycles Introduction The Measurement of Convergence Time Sequencing According to the Technology Cycles ECE Development Patterns Conclusions: Linkages Between ECE Convergence and the Technology Cycles References 5 On the Emergence of Developmental States in the Twenty-First Century: Urgency or Agency? Introduction The (North-)East Asian Developmental State Model The (North-)East Asian Developmental State Model as the Child of Its Era The Systemic Vulnerability Approach New Environment for Aspirational in the Twenty-First Century The External Environment for Governments Aiming at Actively Promoting National Development in the Twenty-First Century Domestic Dynamics: A Political Economy Perspective on the Institutional Origins of Developmental States Conclusions References 6 Green Industrial Policy and Development—Taking Advanced Economies Over? Introduction Difficulties in the Process of Advanced Economies’ Clean Energy Transition More-Difficult-to-Overcome Challenges of Gips in Advanced Economies? Differences in Policy Objectives New Challenges in the Growth Phase of Green Energy Industries—Institutional and Policy Alignment Prospects of Green Energy Industries-Driven Competitiveness Concluding Remarks References 7 Educational Developmentalism: The Case of Taiwan Introduction The Formation and Development of the Taiwanese Educational System Public Education: One of the Foundations of Outstanding Economic Successes Taiwanese Public Education in International Comparison: Taiwan in PISA Ranking Vocational Training System The Development of Higher Education in Taiwan: Massification, Over-Capacity, and Contraction Concluding Remarks References 8 Easier Said Than Done: Namibia’s “Declaratory” Developmental State and the Obstacles to Successful Industrial Policy Introduction Namibia’s Political System The Interests and Views of Namibia’s Economic Elites The Role of South Africa The International Political Economy of Industrial Policy and Development in Namibia Conclusion: The Absence of Developmentalism in Namibia Bibliography 9 Bringing the ‘International’ into Discourses on Developmental Statehood in Ethiopia Introduction The International Dynamics and Developmental Statehood: Considering Ethiopia The Utility of the IPE-Enhanced DSP: Interactions Across the Agricultural and Industrial Sectors in Ethiopia On Fiscal Linkages and the Savings Constraint On Production Linkages and Food Supply as Well as Raw Material Constraints On Consumption Linkages and Constraints on Domestic Industrial Demand Conclusions Bibliography 10 Developmental or Impoverishing Urban Cores? The Case of Slovakia Introduction How Can Core-Hinterland Disparity Be Measured? Theories on Spatial Inequality: ‘Optimistic’ and ‘Pessimistic’ Views ‘History Matters’: The Role of the Socialist Past in the Capital-Countryside Dichotomy Future Competitiveness: Urban–Rural Differences in Attractiveness for Human Capital Conclusions References 11 The Underperforming State of Zimbabwe—A Case Study on Tobacco Contract Farming Introduction Why Is the State Underperforming? The Tobacco Industry and Its Relevance in the Zimbabwean Economy How Is the State Underperforming? Conclusion References 12 State-Led Development in the Global Trading System—A Real Threat to Stability? Introduction—The Developmental State and Trade The Role and Design of the International Trading System Non-compliance in the Trading System—The Explanation of Our Methodology Results Conclusion References 13 Development and Trade Policy in North Africa Introduction North Africa in the Global Periphery Economic Reforms Trade Opening and Its Consequences Development and Trade Policy in the Arab VoC Developmental State in North Africa? Trade Policy and the Cronies Conclusion References 14 The Demise of Brazilian Developmental State: Political Constraints and the Role of Finance Introduction Considerations About Financialization in Brazil—Structural Change and Tensions Within the Developmental State The Dilma Rousseff Administration—Climax and Crisis of a Development Project Conclusion References 15 Mystification of Power and Development in Pakistan Introduction Power Contestation and Governance Pakistan’s Industrial Policy and the Developmental State Conclusion References 16 Conclusion: New Developmentalism in the Twenty-First Century—Perspectives from the Global East and South References Index