Kang, N. and Jo, K. orcid.org/0009-0008-7874-4145 (2021) State–business relations in flux: capturing the structural power of business in South Korea’s green industrial policy. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 51 (5). pp. 713-736. ISSN 0047-2336
Abstract
Getting state–business relations “right” is considered to have been at the heart of the East Asian developmental states and their industrial success in the twentieth century. Given that the “right” state–business relations are an historically contingent outcome that emerges under a particular political and economic order, this article asks what is the emerging nature of their state–business relations in the twenty-first century? And, how is this relationship shaping their industrial competitiveness? These questions are explored by reconceptualising both the state and business to interrogate the nexus between the “competition state” and the “structural power” of business. Through a fine-grained investigation of green industrial policy-making in South Korea, it is shown how a state that is evolving into a competition state is made vulnerable to the structural power of business, challenging the widely held view that the right state–business relations are being maintained. The contribution made lies in identifying and tracing structural power, which remains under-examined in the state–business relations scholarship due to the difficulties associated with capturing quiet politics at work. This contribution invites further discussion on how state–business relations can be recalibrated to advance industrialisation in East Asia and beyond.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Journal of Contemporary Asia |
Keywords: | State–business relations; developmental state; competition state; structural power; green industrial policy; South Korea |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of East Asian Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2024 07:52 |
Last Modified: | 26 Sep 2024 07:52 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Informa UK Limited |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/00472336.2021.1915362 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:217653 |