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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450255803321

Autore

Rhee Jong-Chan <1957, >

Titolo

The state and industry in South Korea : the limits of the authoritarian state / / Jong-Chan Rhee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994

ISBN

1-134-83451-9

1-280-32879-7

0-203-31956-7

0-203-07267-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Disciplina

338.95195

Soggetti

Industrial policy - Korea (South)

Electronic books.

Korea (South) Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-277) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; Institutional change and capitalist collective action: the analytical framework and arguments; The state-led industrial adjustments in comparative perspective: Japan and France; The limits of state-led heavy and chemical industrialization; The policy formation of investment adjustment for economic stabilization; The policy failure of the first investment adjustment; The policy failure of the second investment adjustment; The politics of economic reform

The return to a collusive state-big business governing coalition: the disposals of financially ill-managed firmsConclusion; Interviewees: names  and brief careers; Changes in exchange rate between Korean won and US dollar, 1973  92; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The author examines the nature of Korea's `industrial miracle' and, in particular, the limitations of its authoritarian state as a vehicle for intervening in the market or for sponsoring liberal reform.