Title
The Origins of the Developmental State in Taiwan : Science Policy and the Quest for Modernization / J. Megan Greene.
ISBN
9780674033849
Published
Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright
©2008
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (238 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.4159/9780674033849 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.95124/906
Summary
The rapid growth of Taiwan's postwar "miracle" economy is most frequently credited to the leading role of the state in promoting economic development. Megan Greene challenges this standard interpretation in the first in-depth examination of the origins of Taiwan's developmental state. Greene examines the ways in which the Guomindang state planned and promoted scientific and technical development both in mainland China between 1927 and 1949 and on Taiwan after 1949. Using industrial science policy as a lens, she shows that the state, even during its most authoritarian periods, did not function as a monolithic entity. State planners were concerned with maximizing the use of Taiwan's limited resources for industrial development. Political leaders, on the other hand, were most concerned with the state's political survival. The developmental state emerged gradually as a result of the combined efforts of technocrats and outsiders, including academicians and foreign advisors. Only when the political leadership put its authority and weight behind the vision of these early planners did Taiwan's developmental state fully come into being. In Taiwan's combination of technocratic expertise and political authoritarianism lie implications for our understanding of changes taking place in mainland China today.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
System Details Note
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023)
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Abbreviations and Note on Romanization
Introduction: Science Policy in a Developmental State
1 Starts and Stops: The Kuomintang and Science and Technology
2 The First Push: Domestic and Foreign Advocates
3 The State Gets Interested: The Lure of Economic Development
4 Coordinating Policy: Manpower Planning and Education
5 The Final Step: The State Comes Together
Conclusion: Is Taiwan's Past China's Future?
Notes
Bibliography
Index
