Bringing politics back in: Towards a model of the developmental state

Leftwich, Adrian

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“…Leftwich, 1995Leftwich, , 2005. Throughout the 1990s and for much of the early 2000s, most mainstream research into the politics of development was located within the good governance agenda and underpinned by insights from new institutional economics.…”

Section: The Mainstreaming Of Politics and Political Analysis Within mentioning

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“…High levels of state capacity have been a central feature in all successful cases of long-run development witnessed in the post-World War II era, whether in terms of growth (e.g. Evans, 1995;Leftwich, 1995;Vu, 2007;World Bank, 2008), social provisioning (Leftwich, 2008;Walton, 2010) or broader forms of democratic development involving rights and redistribution (Sandbrook et al, 2007). However, and given that states can be highly capable without necessarily being committed to development, the commitment of political elites to delivering development has also proved critical (Booth, 2011;Hossain and Moore, 2001;Leftwich, 1995;Vu, 2007).…”

Section: Introduction 'What Kinds Of Politics Can Help To Secure Inclmentioning

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Thinking About the Politics of Inclusive Development: Towards a Relational Approach

Hickey

2013

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Moving beyond the mantra that 'politics matters', a range of conceptual approaches have recently emerged within international development thinking that seek to capture the specific ways in which politics shapes development. This paper critically assesses whether these approaches, including work on 'limited access orders' and 'political settlements', can underpin research into how developmental forms of state capacity and elite commitment emerge and can be sustained. It suggests that these new approaches offer powerful insights into certain elements of this puzzle, particularly through a focus on the relational basis of elite behaviour and institutional performance. However, these approaches are also subject to serious limitations, and insights from broader and (in particular) more critical forms of political theory are also required in order to investigate how the politics of development is shaped by ideas as well as incentives, popular as well as elite forms of agency, transnational as well as national factors, and in dynamic as well as more structural ways. The paper proposes an initial conceptual framework that can be operationalized and tested within a programme of primary research to be established by the Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre.

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Section: Introduction 'What Kinds Of Politics Can Help To Secure Inclmentioning

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Thinking About the Politics of Inclusive Development: Towards a Relational Approach

Hickey

2013

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“…The history and vulnerabilities of Singapore are the chief causes for its current situation of an administrative state (Chan, 1997) or what other commentators describe as a developmental state (Huff, 1999;Leftwich, 1995). Its genesis as a nation was "traumatic" as it experienced separation from Malaysia (Wilmott, 1989, p. 587).…”

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Issues of Citizenship, National Identity and Political Socialization in Singapore: Implications to the Singapore Education System

Reyes¹

2014

Studies of Changing Societies

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This inquiry attempts to address the question: How has the Singapore city-state used its education system in integrating three important cornerstones of nation-building? Using selected data from the National Orientations of Singaporeans Survey complemented by policy documents, this article explores three specific questions: (1) How is citizenship education pursued? (2) How is national identity forged? And (3) How is political socialization engendered? The inquiry concludes with challenges that the Singapore education system faces as it tries to address its nation-building project

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“…The first is an attempt to refine the model of the developmental state not in relation to a particular case but as a general attempt to hone the model and make it more useful. Adrian Leftwich's work is probably the most prominent of this type (Leftwich 1995;. The second mode of addressing developmental states is to examine states in reference to the developmental state model to evaluate if they fit it (Meyns, 2010;Lockwood, 2005;Meisenhelder 1997;Howell 2006).…”

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Developmental States: A Review of the Literature

Routley

2012

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This paper conducts a review of the literature concerning developmental states, in order to identify gaps and suggest research questions which could be fruitful for the Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Consortium to explore, within the remit of their proposed research programme. This literature review attends to three key questions about developmental states and the answers proposed to them within the literature, namely; what worked? Why did it work? And would it work elsewhere? It also examines an emerging literature suggesting other models of a developmental state more suited to contemporary circumstances, which focus more explicitly on development as a social phenomenon rather than as a purely economic one. These are of particular interest given ESIDs focus on inclusive development.The conclusions of the paper examine some of the gaps in the literature and suggest an agenda for future research which includes addressing questions around:How does the consensus of conducting developmental roles come about -and how is it sustained? Patrimonialism, personal rule, development and stability Role of education, especially higher/further education Importance of rural/agriculture policies

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Bringing politics back in: Towards a model of the developmental state

Cited by 379 publications

References 47 publications

Thinking About the Politics of Inclusive Development: Towards a Relational Approach

Thinking About the Politics of Inclusive Development: Towards a Relational Approach

Issues of Citizenship, National Identity and Political Socialization in Singapore: Implications to the Singapore Education System

Developmental States: A Review of the Literature

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