The Newly Industrializing Countries in the International System
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- Published by Project MUSE in World Politics
- Vol. 38 (2), 343-370
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2010241
Abstract
Explanations of the growth of the newly industrializing countries (NICs) by neoclassical economists and dependency theorists neglect the role of politics in shaping development strategies. Different social configurations, state structures, and ideas about development help explain the divergent policy choices made by the export-oriented East Asian NICs—Korea and Taiwan—and the more “inward-looking” countries of Latin America, particularly Mexico and Brazil. These different strategic choices, in turn, account for variations in the patterns of external “dependency” that characterize countries in the two regions.Keywords
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