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Policy Reform in Japan and South Korea (1997-2002)

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This paper argues that institutional ties among executives, bureaucracy and business became formidable constraints and political challenges for the government executives to reform problem-ridden economies in Japan and Korea from 1997 to 2002. Based on historical institutionalism and the model of altered states, this article identifies three crucial factors: first, international or domestic events that provide government executives with opportunities for potential transformation; second, government executives that utilize these opportunities for transformation; third, institutional context that allows or limits them to initiate and implement structural reforms. Building on this framework, it is argued that the degree of structural reform in a country depends on government executives positions in an institutional context, which shapes preferences and goals of the political executives in the decision-making process and constrains the capacity for specific policy outputs.

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  • Wangsik Kim, 2004. "Policy Reform in Japan and South Korea (1997-2002)," International Review of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(2), pages 39-53, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rrpaxx:v:9:y:2004:i:2:p:39-53
    DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2005.10805048
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