DRedmond:
Developmental states are NOT the same as national governments. They are complex ecologies of state, non-state and civil authorities, local communities, cultural mobilizations, mass media markets, etc.
JGulick:
Hmmm... if you're going to be so ecumenical in your definition, why not include national and transnational capital? After all, the dev state literature is chock full of deep analysis of how MITI interfaced with the keiretsu, how S Korean financial bureaucrats gave cheap credit to jaebul that proved to be competitive exporters, etc. The state-capital relation is usually the rub, with labor and various mediating institutions (elite universities, for example) maybe -- MAYBE -- thrown in for good effect. You're really stretching the accepted use of the term/concept here.
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