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East Asian Order Formation And Sino-Japanese Relations, Men Honghua
East Asian Order Formation And Sino-Japanese Relations, Men Honghua
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Eastphalia Emerging?: Asia, International Law, and Global Governance, Symposium. Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, 2009
Pursuing Health As Foreign Policy: The Case Of China, Yanzhong Huang
Pursuing Health As Foreign Policy: The Case Of China, Yanzhong Huang
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Eastphalia Emerging?: Asia, International Law, and Global Governance, Symposium. Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, 2009
Economically Benevolent Dictators: Lessons For Developing Democracies, Ronald J. Gilson, Curtis J. Milhaupt
Economically Benevolent Dictators: Lessons For Developing Democracies, Ronald J. Gilson, Curtis J. Milhaupt
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The post-war experience of developing countries leads to two depressing conclusions: only a small number of countries have successfully developed; and development theory has not produced development. In this article we examine one critical fact that might provide insights into the development conundrum: Some autocratic regimes have fundamentally transformed their economies, despite serious deficiencies along a range of other dimensions. Our aim is to understand how growth came about in these regimes, and whether emerging democracies might learn something important from these experiences.
Our thesis is that in these economically successful countries, the authoritarian regime managed a critical juncture in …