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This Text Investigates The Political Dynamics Of Economic Development In Korea And Argues That The Key To Understanding Korean Developmentalism Is To Focus On The Changing Dynamics Of The Relationship Between The State And The Chaebols. Introduction: The Developmental Alliance And Korean Development 1 -- Prologue: A New Beginning? 1 -- Power And Political Economy In Korea 4 -- The Dynamics Of The Developmental Alliance 6 -- 1 Korea In The Political Economy Literature 13 -- Appraising The Neoclassical Approach 14 -- The Developmental State And Korea 17 -- The Structural Power Of Business 23 -- 2 The Dynamics Of The Developmental Alliance 30 -- From Developmental State To Developmental Alliance 30 -- Conclusions: A New Understanding Of Korean Development 38 -- 3 Priming For Take-off 39 -- Learning The Lessons Of Japan 40 -- Geopolitics And The Imperatives Of The Cold War 45 -- The Rhee Interregnum 49 -- 4 Forming The Developmental Alliance 56 -- In Quest Of Infrastructural Power 58 -- The View From Washington 60 -- An Unruly Alliance 64 -- The Limits Of State Power 67 -- Containing The Backlash 70 -- 5 The Developmental Alliance In Flux 74 -- Retrenching The State? 75 -- The Democratic Interlude 80 -- Kim Young-sam And Globalisation 84 -- No Way Out? 90 -- 6 Realigning The Alliance 93 -- The Paradox Of Neoliberal Reform 94 -- Learning To Love The Imf 95 -- Repositioning The State 97 -- The Taming Of The Two 100 -- The Politics Of Chaebol Discipline 104 -- Widening The Alliance? 108 -- From Crisis To Recovery 110 -- 7 The Alliance In Retrospect 115 -- Bureaucracy 116 -- Social Pressures 117 -- National Security 119 -- Economic Conditions 121 -- Globalisation 123 -- Patterns Of Change 124 -- Understanding Change 127 -- Still The Developmental Alliance? 129 -- The Alliance And The Market 130 -- Appendix 1 Key Personages In The Korean Developmental Alliance 135 -- David Hundt. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [141]-153) And Index.