Hellmann, Olli (2018) High capacity, low resilience: the 'developmental' state and military-bureaucratic authoritarianism in South Korea. International Political Science Review, 39 (1). pp. 67-82. ISSN 0192-5121

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Abstract

This article argues that high levels of state capacity are not a sufficient condition for consolidating autocratic rule. Rather, whether non-democratic rulers can harness the infrastructural power of the state to implement strategies of regime stabilization depends on three crucial factors: the state’s social embedding, the international context, and the extent of elite cohesion. The paper develops this argument through a case study of the military-bureaucratic regime in South Korea (1961-1987), which – despite a high-capacity "developmental" state at its disposal – failed to maintain high levels of resilience.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Law, Politics and Sociology > Politics
Subjects:	J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) > JF0020 General. Comparative government
Depositing User:	Olli Hellmann
Date Deposited:	04 Jan 2017 12:36
Last Modified:	24 Feb 2021 16:12
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/66024

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