Marketization and Democracy - East Asian Experiences

As the East Asian financial crisis continues to leave a path of destruction economically and politically in its wake, people all over the world seek to know what went wrong. Many blame the illiberal markets of the countries involved and many blame their political leadership. This book, first published in 2000, explores how strong, open, liberalized markets create a counterbalance to crony capitalism and corruption and form the basis for a foundation of political liberalization. Using both a quantitative model and qualititative country studies, this work analyzes the experiences of China, Taiwan, Indonesia, and Korea in moving toward both marketization and democracy.

Sommario

1. Introduction; 2. Theories of economic development and policy; 3. The model; 4. Quantitative analysis of democracy; 5. Korea: a balancing of power; 6. Taiwan: the bringing in of new elites; 7. Indonesia: unrealized potential; 8. China: a transformation of the societal contract; 9. Conclusions and policy implications.

Riassunto

As the East Asian financial crisis continues to leave a path of destruction economically and politically in its wake, people all over the world seek to know what went wrong. This work, first published in 2000, analyzes the experiences of China, Taiwan, Indonesia, and Korea in moving toward both marketization and democracy.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Samantha F. Ravich, Samantha Fay Ravich, Ravich Samantha F.
• Con la collaborazione di: Jr. Wolf (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 13.01.2000
• EAN: 9780521661652
• ISBN: 978-0-521-66165-2
• Dimensioni: 164 mm x 237 mm x 23 mm
• Peso: 545 g
• Illustrazioni: 57 b/w illus. 20 tables, Zeichnungen, nicht spezifiziert, Tabellen, nicht spezifiziert
• Serie: Rand Studies in Policy Analysi; RAND Studies in Policy Analysis
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies