The Japanese challenge to the American neoliberal world order -- Alternative explanations -- Identity and intention framework -- Who and what is normal in the history of the world economy? : Marxism, economic liberalism, and developmentalism -- Binarization of economic development identities :...

In the “varieties of capitalism” debate, scholars have paid considerable attention to the question of whether Korea and Japan have left behind their interventionist political economy for neo-liberal reform. In this paper, we re-examine the scholarly consensus that Korea has become a...