The REAL message of the 'developmental state'

SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2010
TITLE AUTHOR(S): V.Tilley
KEYWORDS: DEVELOPMENTAL STATE
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Web link: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/August-2010/real-message
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 6475
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/4140
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4140

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Abstract

The term 'developmental state' does not enjoy any clear consensus about its meaning. It may help avoid some false dichotomies (and false hopes) to remember where this term came from, when it was invented by political economists back in the mid-1990s and became a hot topic in social science and policy circles. Because in those days, it had nothing to do with socialism, democracy, nationalism or pro-poor anything, says Virginia Tilley.