"Presents cutting-edge analyses of state-society transformation in Asia under globalisation. The volume incorporates a variety of political-economy- and public-policy-oriented positions, and collectively explores the uneven evolution of new public management and neoliberal agendas aimed at...

This contribution explores the importance of independent organizations in authoritarian regimes. While some authoritarian governments delegate policy tasks to (relatively) autonomous agencies simply in order to improve their domestic or international image as modern political leaders or to build...

Contrary to the widely-held view that the East Asian developmental state is neutral in terms of the relationship between capital and labour, this text argues that the developmental state exists to promote the interests of capital over labour