State capacity in East Asia : Japan, Taiwan, China, and Vietnam / editedby K. Erik Brodsgaard and Susan Young.

"Originated at a Network conference held in 1996 at the Department of Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen"--Pref.

Introduction: state capacity in east Asia / Kjeld Erik Brوdsgaard, SusanYoung -- The weak state of Japan / Sam K. Steffensen -- State and economy: someobservations and inferences from the Japanese experience / Anil Khosla -- Institutionalizing post-war Japanese political economy: industrial policy revisited /Ikuo Kume -- The waning of the Kuomintang state on Taiwan / Thomas B. Gold -- State capacity in an Asian democracy: the example of Taiwan / J١rgen Domes -- State capacity in the RoC and PRC: a comparative perspective / An-chia Wu -- When states unravel: how China's cadres shaped Cultural Revolution politics / Andrew G. Walder -- State capacity and social control in China / Bوrge Bakken -- Informalization and growth: the political economy of local enterprises / Kjeld Erik Brوdsgaard, Kamal Sheel -- The layered state of Vietnam / Stein Tوnnesson -- China and Vietnam: viable socialism in a market economy / David E. Apter.