Comparative Perspectives on the Development State

3 credits · Graduate

This course examines development in a broad regional comparative context to determine whether endogenous or exogenous conditions account for the success with which the North/Southeast Asian economies have been transformed vis-a-vis Latin America and Africa. The course compares the "developmental state" model across the developing world, by briefly focusing on three distinct cases - South Africa, Malaysia and Brazil - as "upwardly mobile" late industrialisers. PREREQUISITES: Permission of the instructor. CROSSLISTED: Poli 3355 FORMATS: Seminar