Business and the State in Developing Countries

by Maxfield, Sylvia; Schneider, Ben Ross

• ISBN13: 9780801484063
• ISBN10: 0801484065
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781501731976
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-07-01
• Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr

Summary

Much of the debate about development in the past decade pitted proponents of unfettered markets against advocates of developmental states. Yet, in many developing countries what best explains variations in economic performance is not markets or states but rather the character of relations between business and government. The studies in Business and the State in Developing Countries identify a range of close, collaborative relations between bureaucrats and capitalists that enhance elements of economic performance and defy conventional expectations that such relations lead ineluctably to rent-seeking, corruption, and collusion. All based on extensive field research, the essays contrast collaborative and collusive relations in a wide range of developing countries, mostly in Latin America and Asia, and isolate the conditions under which collaboration is most likely to emerge and survive. The contributors highlight the crucial roles played by capable bureaucracies and strong business associations.

Author Biography

Sylvia Maxfield is Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University.

Table of Contents

Contributors
Preface
Concepts and Arguments
Business, the State, and Economic Performance in Developing Countries	p. 3
Theories of Business and Business-State Relations	p. 36
Business Organization, Firm Structure, and Strong States
State Structures, Government-Business Relations, and Economic Transformation	p. 63
The Political Economy of Sectors and Sectoral Change: Korea Then and Now	p. 88
Strong States and Business Organization in Korea and Taiwan	p. 122
Business Elites, the State, and Economic Change in Chile	p. 152
Collective Business Action and Weak States
Big Business and the Politics of Economic Reform: Confidence and Concertation in Brazil and Mexico	p. 191
A Historical View of Business-State Relations: Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela Compared	p. 216
Competitive Clientelism and Economic Governance: The Case of Thailand	p. 237
Economic Governance in Turkey: Bureaucratic Capacity, Policy Networks, and Business Associations	p. 277
References	p. 311
Index	p. 337
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