US grand strategy and the origins of the developmental state

Lee, James

doi:10.1080/01402390.2019.1579713

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“…The US supported the Filipino government's emphasis on intensification of agricultural goods and raw materials, not industrial goods (Lee 2017;Rock 2017). Why?…”

Section: The Us Role In Northeast and Southeast Asiamentioning

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Escaping the periphery: The East Asian 'mystery' solved

Wade¹

2018

WIDER Working Paper

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provides economic analysis and policy advice with the aim of promoting sustainable and equitable development. The Institute began operations in 1985 in Helsinki, Finland, as the first research and training centre of the United Nations University. Today it is a unique blend of think tank, research institute, and UN agency-providing a range of services from policy advice to governments as well as freely available original research. The Institute is funded through income from an endowment fund with additional contributions to its work programme from Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom as well as earmarked contributions for specific projects from a variety of donors.

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“…The US supported the Filipino government's emphasis on intensification of agricultural goods and raw materials, not industrial goods (Lee 2017;Rock 2017). Why?…”

Section: The Us Role In Northeast and Southeast Asiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Escaping the periphery: The East Asian 'mystery' solved

Wade¹

2018

WIDER Working Paper

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“…In fact, USAID (2017) proudly claims that, of the US' top 15 trade partners, 11 "were once recipients of US aid, and some of the fastest-growing markets are former aid recipients". For sustainable bilateral trade to flourish, American military aid has been used to ensure the political survival of politicians and leaders supportive of US economic interests in aid recipient countries (Lee 2020). A variety of state and non-state actors receive US foreign aid in targeted countries.…”

Section: Us Foreign Aid: Donor's Interests and Social Reputationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparing US and Chinese Foreign Aid in the Era of Rising Powers

Regilme

Hodzi

2021

The International Spectator

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China is emerging as a key state actor in international developmenta sector that has been dominated by the United States for decades. US and Chinese foreign aid programs can be compared on the basis of several benchmarks: 1) official state definition and accounting of foreign aid programs; 2) historical foundations and origins; 3) sectoral distribution, particularly in terms of the professed goals and objectives of the aid program; 4) nature of targeted recipient actors; 5) institutional mechanisms for delivery in recipient countries. Notwithstanding particular differences, Chinese and US foreign aid portfolios demonstrate their respective strategic political and economic interests in two ways: they shape the domestic politics of recipient countries in ways that accommodate the donor government's policy preferences, and they enhance the social reputation and legitimacy of the donor state in the international system.

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“…Insecurities: A Review of the Literature External security imperatives have been flagged within developmental state literature as one of the main key factors which prompted the emergence of classical East Asian developmental states in the initial post-World War Two period (Öniş 1991;Stubbs 2018;Haggard 2018;Wade 2018;Lee 2019;Keating 2015;Routley 2012;Woo-Cumings 1999).…”

Section: East Asian Developmental States and Cold War Geopoliticalmentioning

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“…James Lee (2019) goes further in arguing that the geopolitics inherent during the Cold War era, and the US in particular, not only favoured state-led economic growth within East Asia but also played a more intrinsic role in the creation of developmental institutions. As part of their 'grand strategy' in response to the perceived threat of communism, Lee notes that the US went a step further to actively advocate state-led industrialisation within East Asia as a means of safeguarding its allies from proximate and encroaching communist powers (Lee 2019).…”

Section: East Asian Developmental States and Cold War Geopoliticalmentioning

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COVID-19 and the Making of a South African Democratic Developmental State

Nagar

2021

IAPSS Politikon

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This article assesses the impact of untraditional security threats on the origin and institutional configuration of existing and prospective developmental states in Africa. It adopts a case study research methodological approach which interrogates the effect of internal and global security threats on the formation of 21st-century African developmental states through the presence of four developmental state features: Development-Oriented Political Leadership; Presence of a Pilot Agency; Private Sector and/or Broad-Based Developmental Coalitions; and Popular Mobilisation through a Developmentalist Ideology. The case studies under review include four existing (Botswana, Mauritius, Ethiopia, and Rwanda) and one prospective (South Africa) African developmental states. This article finds that intense ethnic rivalries and domestic development imperatives were sufficient factors triggering the construction of developmental states in Botswana, Mauritius, Ethiopia, and Rwanda. Furthermore, the outbreak of COVID-19 has served as a global threat which precipitated developmental state project in South Africa.

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US grand strategy and the origins of the developmental state

Cited by 11 publications

References 33 publications

Escaping the periphery: The East Asian 'mystery' solved

Escaping the periphery: The East Asian 'mystery' solved

Comparing US and Chinese Foreign Aid in the Era of Rising Powers

COVID-19 and the Making of a South African Democratic Developmental State

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