A Model of Embedded Autonomy

Of the ten fastest growing economies since 1960, eight are in East Asia. As Haggard (2018) aptly demonstrates for Northeast Asia, two explanations account for this exceptional regional performance. On the one hand, neo-liberals committed to an Anglo-American night-watchman state (Krueger 1978; Bhagwati 1978; Edwards 1993; World Bank 1993; Pack and Saggi 2006) attribute performance to macroeconomic stability, provision of public goods, and openness to trade and investment. On the other hand, a heterodox group (Johnson 1982; Amsden 1989; Wade 1990/2004; Chang 2002, 1994; Rodrik 1995; Evans 1995; Lin 2009) focuses on market and coordination failures and the need for states to adopt pragmatic, ‘trial and error’ and selective approaches to high-speed growth. In this latter view, the strong developmental states of Northeast Asia used their embedded autonomy viz the private sector to overcome market and coordination failures to usher in rapid growth and technological catch-up.

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The state as a potential agent of transformation: from neoliberalism to embedded autonomy

The Process of Economic Development ◽

10.4324/9780203070772-19 ◽

2002 ◽

pp. 229-261

Keyword(s):

The State ◽

Embedded Autonomy

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Embedded Autonomy and the “Way-Station Self”

The Patient as Victim and Vector ◽

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195335842.003.0006 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 77-92

Author(s):

Margaret P. Battin ◽

Leslie P. Francis ◽

Jay A. Jacobson ◽

Charles B. Smith

Keyword(s):

Embedded Autonomy ◽

The Way

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11. Executives, Bureaucracies, Policy Studies, and Governance

10.1093/hepl/9780198704386.003.0012 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Peter Ferdinand

Keyword(s):

Policy Making ◽

Good Governance ◽

Policy Innovation ◽

Civil Servants ◽

Government Agencies ◽

Policy Studies ◽

Network State ◽

Issue Networks ◽

Embedded Autonomy ◽

Policy Communities

This chapter explores the relations between the executive and legislative branches of government, along with their role in formulating government policy. It first describes the general framework of legislature–executive relations before discussing the civil service and its embedded autonomy. It then examines theories of bureaucratic policy-making, with particular emphasis on the problem of facilitating policy innovation, as well as the more recent proliferation of government agencies and the concepts of governance and good governance. It also considers the spread of the domain of policy-making beyond state officials or civil servants to issue networks and policy communities and concludes by analysing the emergence of a ‘network state’ and its implications for civil servants.

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Science granting councils in Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends and tensions

Science and Public Policy ◽

10.1093/scipol/scz007 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 46 (4) ◽

pp. 620-631 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Joanna Chataway ◽

Charlie Dobson ◽

Chux Daniels ◽

Rob Byrne ◽

Rebecca Hanlin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Regional Level ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Science Funding ◽

Recent Trends ◽

Low Levels ◽

Funding Support ◽

Cross Country ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

Embedded Autonomy ◽

Republic Of Science

Abstract This article documents recent trends in science funding support in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We analyse these trends at the SSA regional level alongside a summary of four case studies of science funding in four Science Granting Councils (SGCs) in East Africa. Our findings support the literature on science funding in SSA regarding low levels of funding, cross-country engagement, and the need for capacity building. However, we also find there are tensions among funding and policy actors around the perceived ways in which investment in science will benefit society. We argue that the narratives and logics of science funders and their roots in ‘Republic of Science’ vs. ‘Embedded Autonomy’ rationales for SGC activity must be more transparent to enable critical engagement with the ideas being used to justify spending.

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