The East Asian developmental state and the Great Recession: evolving contesting coalitions.

This analysis explores the impact of the Great Recession on the evolution of East Asia's developmental states. An analytical framework, which emphasizes the political tug-o-war between the coalition of groups that support the developmental state and the coalition of those who advocate for neo-liberal reforms to state structures and state policies, is used to plot the fortunes of the developmental state since the 1980s and the advent of globalization in East Asia. The elements of the Great Recession that influenced this battle between the two sets of collations are examined and the shift in the influence of the coalition supporting the developmental state structures and policies are assessed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]