Crony Capitalism: Corruption and Development in South Korea and the Philippines

by David C. Kang

Book Overview

Why has the literature on Asian development not addressed the issue of money politics in Korea? How can we reconcile the view of an efficient developmental state in Korea before 1997 with reports of massive corruption and inefficiency in that same country in 1998 and 1999? Politics is central to the answer. In this book the author makes two arguments. First, both Korea and the Philippines experienced significant corruption throughout the post-independence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052100408X
• ISBN13: 9780521004084
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"