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Whither the Developmental State? Explaining Singapore's continued Developmentalism

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This paper examines why the Singapore developmental state, unlike the other East Asian developmental states, has shown no signs of devolving but instead appears to be strengthening its position within society by embarking upon several ‘post-industrial’ economic programmes. By utilising a class relations perspective, the paper argues that the resilience of the Singapore developmental state results from the continued weakness of the domestic capitalist class as well as from the state's collaboration with transnational capital and government-linked corporations. At the same time the working class has continuously been ‘incorporated’ by the state. To illustrate these processes, the paper examines Singapore's Biomedical Sciences Initiative, and the Work Restructuring Scheme, which have reinforced the supremacy of the Singapore developmental state, particularly in the economic sphere. The paper concludes that developmental states need not necessarily devolve, if they can continue to provide economic growth as well as to carefully ‘manage’ class relations in society.

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  • Alexius Pereira, 2008. "Whither the Developmental State? Explaining Singapore's continued Developmentalism," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(6), pages 1189-1203.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:29:y:2008:i:6:p:1189-1203
    DOI: 10.1080/01436590802201162
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