 Policy Reform in Japan and South Korea (1997-2002)Wangsik Kim International Review of Public Administration, 2004, vol. 9, issue 2, 39-53 Abstract: This paper argues that institutional ties among executives, bureaucracy and business became formidable constraints and political challenges for the government executives to reform problem-ridden economies in Japan and Korea from 1997 to 2002. Based on historical institutionalism and the model of altered states, this article identifies three crucial factors: first, international or domestic events that provide government executives with opportunities for potential transformation; second, government executives that utilize these opportunities for transformation; third, institutional context that allows or limits them to initiate and implement structural reforms. Building on this framework, it is argued that the degree of structural reform in a country depends on government executives positions in an institutional context, which shapes preferences and goals of the political executives in the decision-making process and constrains the capacity for specific policy outputs. Date: 2004 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:rrpaxx:v:9:y:2004:i:2:p:39-53 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2005.10805048 Access Statistics for this article International Review of Public Administration is currently edited by Ralph Brower More articles in International Review of Public Administration from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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