State Building and Development

List of contents

1. Introduction: Towards a new paradigm on state building and development, Keijiro Otsuka and Takashi Shiraishi Part I: State Building for Development 2. Was Modern Japan a Developmental State?, Osamu Saito 3. State Building, Economic Development and Democracy in Modern Japan 1868-1968, Keiichi Tsunekawa 4. Changing Fortunes: comparing state building and economic development in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand, Takashi Shiraishi 5. The Evolution of Land Policy in African State-building, Shinichi Takeuchi Part II: State Failures and Successes 6. Land Disputes and Post-Election Violence in Kenya, Takashi Yamano and Yuki Tanaka 7. Fiscal Decentralization and Development Outcomes in India, Kaliappa Kalirajan and Keijiro Otsuka 8. An Inquiry into Corruption Norms and Development, Tetsushi Sonobe 9. Failure and Success of Development Policies for Industrial Clusters, Keijiro Otsuka and Takashi Shiraishi 10. Success of Industrial Development Policy in the Pharmaceutical Industry in Bangladesh, Md Nurul Amin and Tetsushi Sonobe

Summary

This book explores how a state conducive to development can be built. This book will also look at how the state has affected economic development in Japan as well as in the ASEAN countries. Finally this book examines how the different types of state interact with varying economic policies.

Product details

• Authors: Keijiro Shiraishi Otsuka
• Assisted by: Keijiro Otsuka (Editor), Otsuka Keijiro (Editor), Takashi Shiraishi (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.01.2014
• EAN: 9780415709750
• ISBN: 978-0-415-70975-0
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Japan, History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Regional / International studies, Development Studies, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies