Developmental State Model? : A Study of State Autonomy and State Capacity during Deng Xiaoping`s era = Developmental State Model? : A Study of State Autonomy and State Capacity during Deng Xiaoping`s era

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This study attempts to find an answer to the question of whether China during Deng`s era can be labeled as a developmental state through an analysis of state autonomy and state capacity. Given that China at the beginning of Deng`s era inherited a sufficiently high degree of state autonomy, this study divided state capacity into two different levels, that is, autonomy-sustaining capacity and goal-achieving capacity. As a result of the analysis, it was found that China during Deng`s era successfully sustained its autonomy from civil society, but not from domestic enterprises. Moreover, even though the aim of industrial policy during Deng`s era was to attain balanced growth among diverse sectors, the Chinese state failed to achieve it since the state did not have sufficient capacity to curb exponentially growing light industry and processing industry. In conclusion, this study found that, Deng Xiaoping`s China, not having sufficient autonomy-sustaining capacity and goal-achieving capacity, cannot be labeled as a developmental state.