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The liberal-democratic world order is confronting the rise of authoritarian state-led corporate interventions. This book explains how and why.
List of contents
1. Introduction; 2. Theory; 3. Global patterns; 4. East Asia patterns; 5. Narrow authoritarian regime: Brunei; Single party authoritarian regime: China; From single party authoritarian regime to democracy: Taiwan; 6. Dominant party authoritarian regime with a weakly dominant ruling party: Malaysia; 7. Dominant party authoritarian regime with a strongly dominant ruling party: Singapore; 8. Conclusions.
About the author
Richard W. Carney is a faculty member of the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). His articles have appeared in journals such as the Journal of Financial Economics, Business and Politics, and the Review of International Political Economy. He is also the author of Contested Capitalism: The Political Origins of Financial Systems (2009) and editor of Lessons from the Asian Financial Crisis (2011). Prior to CEIBS, he held faculty positions at the Australian National University, Canberra and the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has extensive experience speaking to executives and government officials from across Asia, North America, Europe, and Australia.
Summary
Since 1945, the liberal-democratic model spread across the globe, ultimately prevailing over communism. Today, a new statist-authoritarian model is on the rise. Rather than rejecting capitalism, authoritarian leaders harness it to uphold their rule. Anyone interested in understanding how this process is unfolding will be interested in this book.
