Abstract
This chapter explores the links between economic and democratic developments. It focuses on the experience of seven countries in East and Southeast Asia: Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. The chapter explores the varied experiences of economic modernization. It also explores the varied experiences of democratic transition and consolidation. The chapter discusses the linkages between these concepts and general lessons. Economic governance has been based on a meritocratic central bureaucracy with both the technical capabilities and the technical standing to provide strategic leadership. Both Malaysia and Thailand have relied on foreign direct investment (FDI) as the primary engine of manufacturing development. Neither Malaysia nor Thailand has the political, policy, or administrative capacity to match their developmental cousins. Top-down democratization has produced a superficially familiar formal structure, but the task of citizen-development remains. The dynamics of top-down democratic development in the countries of East and South East Asia may involve a long gestation in which social movements.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | International Development Governance |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 105-126 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Volume | 117 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781351562515 |
| ISBN (Print) | 1574445561, 9781574445565 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2017 |