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Rethinking the East Asian developmental state in its historical context: finance, geopolitics and bureaucracy

Henry Wai-chung YeungDepartment of Geography and Global Production Networks Centre (GPN@NUS), National University of Singapore, SingaporeCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1-23 | Received 04 Jun 2016, Accepted 21 Nov 2016, Published online: 12 Dec 2016

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