books.google.ca - Developmental state, n.: the government, motivated by desire for economic advancement, intervenes in industrial affairs.The notion of the developmental state has come under attack in recent years. Critics charge that Japan's success in putting this notion into practice has not been replicated elsewhere,...https://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Developmental_State.html?id=cwP7VmRAq7cC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Developmental State