POLSCI 3B03 Lecture : December 4, 2013 - 3B03 Lecture Note.docx
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Technocrats (believe in free trade, open economy, etc. ) * multinational corporations that have a particular plant, factories, etc. *opinion leaders / politicians who have been trained overseas and come back, and feel that the american model is better than the developmental state model. Essay question statements and discuss; make a case. Before we looked at what factors brought it into being, facilitative conditions, policies, then came the end of the cold war and globalization. *smes (small medium enterprises) that want to be protected against cheap goods that undermine their role in the market. *politicians; whose constituencies are big businesses, infant industries, smes, etc. who help that state intervention helps the economy; who believe that social harmony exists when the state can help out disadvantaged groups; help social harmony and reduce social tensions. *members of the public who believe the developmental state to be successful in producing prosperity. Having the state make decisions and guiding the economy, instead of the market.