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

"This book problematises the statist underpinnings of the concept of the 'developmental state,' both in terms of state-society and national-global relations, challenging the notion that the state is the agent of national development qua being autonomous from the domestic and global economies....