Crony capitalism : corruption and development in South Korea and the Philippines

Why has the literature on Asian development not addressed the issue of money politics in Korea? How can we reconcile the view of an efficient developmental state in Korea before 1997 with reports of massive corruption and inefficiency in that same country in 1998 and 1999? Politics is central to the...

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Hlavní autor: Kang, David C.
Médium: Kniha
Jazyk:Undetermined
Vydáno: Cambridge,New York Cambridge University Press 2002
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Thư viện lưu trữ: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ
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Shrnutí:Why has the literature on Asian development not addressed the issue of money politics in Korea? How can we reconcile the view of an efficient developmental state in Korea before 1997 with reports of massive corruption and inefficiency in that same country in 1998 and 1999? Politics is central to the answer. This study argues that both Korea and the Philippines experienced significant corruption throughout the post-independence era, and that political--not economic--considerations dominated policy making in both countries