State Capacity in East Asia

'This book has made a significant contribution to our understanding of state capacity and the states in East Asia' -The China QuarterlyState Capacity in East Asia examines states and state capacity in four countries that have experienced rapid economic growth over several decades. The book argues that states still matter, although modern market forces and transnational corporations exert tremendous pressures. The capacity of the East Asian state to adapt and develop new institutions is empirically illustrated as well as theoretically contextualized.