The focus of this volume is on the role of the developmental state in a situation in which a series of major crises affects the (semi-) periphery of the global economy. The authors go beyond the established debate on developmental states in East Asia by highlighting a much broader understanding of development and a very different global economic context. They also further the existing debate by covering new country cases. At the same time, they deepen our perspective on developmental states by looking at unusual sectors such as green industrial policy, education and farming.

Intends to broaden the scope of the developmental state paradigm within the Varieties of Capitalism (VoC) tradition Incorporates the peripheries and semi-peripheries of the world economy Focuses on the post-crisis developmental state as it aims to explore the possibilities and constraints to effectively respond to post-crisis challenges

Autorentext

Gerocs, Tamás is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Institute of World Economics and SUNY Binghamton, United States.

Ricz, Judit is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Institute of World Economics and Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Institutions and Change: New Horizons in Economic Theory.- Chaper 2: On big cycles in development of global capitalism.- Chapter 3: Catching-up opportunities of East-Central European States in the Context of Technology Cycles.- Chapter 4: On the emergence of developmental states in the twenty-first century: urgency or agency?.- Chapter 5: Green industrial policy and development taking advanced economies over?.- Chapter 6: Educational developmentalism: the case of Taiwan.- Chapter 7: Easier said than done. Namibia's 'declaratory' developmental state and the obstacles to successful industrial policy. .- Chapter 8: Bringing the 'international' into discourses on developmental statehood in Ethiopia.- Chapter 9: Developmental or Impoverishing Urban Cores? The Case of Slovakia.- Chapter 10: The underperforming state of Zimbabwe - a case study on Tobacco contract farming.- Chapter 11: State-led development in the global trading system a real threat to stability?.- Chapter 12: Development and trade policy in North Africa.- Chapter 13: The Demise of Brazilian Developmental State: Political Constraints and the Role of Finance.- Chapter 14: Mystification of power and development in Pakistan.- Chapter 15: Conclusion: New Developmentalism in the 21st Century. A perspective from the Global East and South.