The failure of the weak state in economic liberalization: Liberalization, democratization and the financial crisis in South Korea

Pacific Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 115-131

  Lee, Yeon Ho ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Democratization; Deregulation; Financial crisis; Liberalization; The regulatory system; The state

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; ECONOMIC REFORM; FINANCIAL CRISIS; LIBERALIZATION;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 0033999013     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095127400363668     Document Type: Article

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