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Informationen zum Autor Tuong Vu is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Oregon. He co-edited (with Erik Kuhonta and Dan Slater) Southeast Asia in Political Science: Theory, Region and Qualitative Analysis (2008) and (with Wasana Wongsurawat) Dynamics of the Cold War in Asia: Ideology, Identity, and Culture (2010). His articles have appeared in numerous scholarly journals, including World Politics, the Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Studies in Comparative International Development, and Theory and Society, and he is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Vietnamese Studies. Klappentext Focuses on state structure and formation! arguing that a cohesive state structure is as important as effective industrial policy in developmental success. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on state structure and the politics of state formation! arguing that a cohesive state structure is as important to developmental success as effective industrial policy. Comparing six Asian cases! Vu proves that it is state formation politics that has had decisive and lasting impacts on emerging states. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Divergent National Paths of State Development: 1. State formation dynamics and developmental outcomes; 2. South Korea: confrontation and the formation of a cohesive state; 3. Indonesia: from accommodation to confrontation; 4. Rival state formations in China: the republican and Maoist states; 5. Vietnam: accommodation and arrested revolution; Part II. Variants of Accommodation: Vietnam and Indonesia Compared: 6. Organizing accommodation in Vietnam: coalition government, united front, and the Leninist party; 7. Organizing accommodation in Indonesia: parliament and status-based parties; 8. Talking accommodation in Vietnam: nation, the people, and class struggle; 9. Talking accommodation in Indonesia: nation, the people, God, and Karl Marx; 10. Rethinking developmental states; Bibliography....
