Developmental state

Developmental state

1. For arguments and positive outcomes

   • Creation of dynamic societies
     • Mix of traditions and modernization
   • Fast economic growth
     • Diverse production of services and goods
     • Regional and inter-regional treaties
   • Enabled a dense regional trade network which contributed to a regional economic growth
   • Developmental state does´t mean protreccionism
     • Controlled process of market liberalization
   • State led industrialization
     • Government as guide for the economy
       • Economic success in East Asia
   • Statist perspective without disregarding the market
     • liberalization only after having an effective market
       • Developing countries able to enjoy the benefits of a market economy
   • Developmental state model is an effective strategy even during globalization
     • Model should be adopted outside East Asia
       • Could help other regions to reach a great economic growth (developing countries
         • Transformative goals
   • Developmental state helped countries like China and Singapore to become richer and have a continuous economic growth
     • Authoritarianism as an efficient tool for the developmental state
   • Globalization and developmental state can coexist at the same space-time dimension
   • State example
     • Japan-Economic growth

2. Against arguments and negative outcomes

   • Developmental state as cause of the East Asian Crisis
   • Benefits and economic growth only for a few countries
     • Gaps between countries within the region as a result
   • Social and regional hierarchy
     • Militar and economic power as basis
   • NO longer an effective option
     • Functioned only during the cold war
     • Export Oriented Industrialization does´t work anymore
     • Different context
       • Neoliberalism
   • There should´t be any governmental influence in the economy
     • Economy works better with little influence of the government
   • Firms and banks are getting more powerful
     • Increase on social inequality
   • Democracy should be prioritized before economic growth
   • Rapid economic growth in the past can´t ve hold forever
     • Decrease of economic growth levels
   • State example
     • China

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4. Influence of confucianism in developmental state

   • Collective focus
   • Common good
   • -Hierarchy (need of an effective elite) -Patriarchal model (state with high participation in the economy)