Precarious Ties - Business and the State in Authoritarian Asia [1 ed.] 9780197697542, 9780197697528, 9780197697535

Developing Asia has been the site of some of the last century's fastest growing economies as well as some of the wo

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Precarious Ties - Business and the State in Authoritarian Asia [1 ed.]
9780197697542, 9780197697528, 9780197697535

Capitalists in most authoritarian regimes have been described as “cronies” of political elites, but why do some crony re

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