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The Political Economy of Industrial Promotion

Indian, Brazilian, and Korean Electronics in Comparative Perspective 1969-1994

Eswaran Sridharan, PhD

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English
Praeger Publishers Inc
23 August 1996
Sridharan provides an interpretative comparison of the political economy of policy and development of a new industry—electronics—in three major developing countries —India, Brazil, and Korea—over a quarter of a century. Electronics, defined to encompass the entire microelectronics-based complex of industries, is the epitome of a new industry for developing countries. Promoting it involves all the dilemmas of industrial policy for developing countries: state versus market, multinations versus domestic firms, imported versus indigenous development of technology, import-substitution versus export-orientation, and so forth.

India, Brazil, and Korea are three of the developing world's technological leaders and largest industrial producers. All began to systematically promote a local electronics industry in the late 1960s. Different strategies were chosen, different trajectories followed, and different outcomes resulted. Sridharan interprets this experience in comparative perspective in the light of the concept of strategic capacity (of developing countries to effect industrialization), refining and further augmenting it to advance the theoretical debate on the political economy of industrialization. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars, researchers, and policy makers involved with industrial development and public policy.
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Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   529g
ISBN:   9780275954185
ISBN 10:   0275954188
Pages:   256
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  A / AS level ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Tables Preface and Acknowledgments The State of the Debate on Development and the State The Evolution of the World Electronics Industry: Innovation, Technological Regimes, Associated Market Structures and Policy Implications for Developing Countries The Political Economy of Export-led Electronics Strategy in Korea The Political Economy of Import-Substitution in the Brazilian Electronics Industry The Development of the Electronics Industry in India The Driving Forces of Indian Import-Substitution: The Political Economy of Indian Electronics Strategy Conclusion: Reconceptualizing Strategic Capacity Appendix Bibliography Index

ESWARAN SRIDHARAN is Associate Research Professor at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi. He has published numerous research papers and has held visiting fellowships at the Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, and London School of Economics.

Reviews for The Political Economy of Industrial Promotion: Indian, Brazilian, and Korean Electronics in Comparative Perspective 1969-1994

"?In this excellent study, Sridharan convincingly establishes that the explanation for the variant performance of Korea, Brazil, and India in the electronics industry is fundamentally political, and not economic....Sridharan's analysis is shrewd and penetrating but also balanced and nuanced. Besides, it makes a theoretical advance in the state capacity literature in which it is situated.?-The Journal of Asian Studies ""In this excellent study, Sridharan convincingly establishes that the explanation for the variant performance of Korea, Brazil, and India in the electronics industry is fundamentally political, and not economic....Sridharan's analysis is shrewd and penetrating but also balanced and nuanced. Besides, it makes a theoretical advance in the state capacity literature in which it is situated.""-The Journal of Asian Studies"


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