{"id":333,"date":"2012-06-27T02:01:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T02:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ijaps.usm.my\/?page_id=333"},"modified":"2020-04-19T19:01:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T11:01:37","slug":"the-withering-state-debate-evidence-malaysias-vietnams-globalising-economies-thomas-jandl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ijaps.usm.my\/?page_id=333","title":{"rendered":"The Withering State Debate: Evidence from Malaysia&#8217;s and Vietnam&#8217;s Globalising Economies, by Thomas Jandl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vol. 5, No. 1 (2009): 55\u201380.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has been frequently argued that under globalisation, the state&#8217;s ability to make\u00a0autonomous decisions declines and the state withers away as it adapts to the\u00a0lowest common denominator of taxation and social services in order to attract\u00a0global investment flows. This paper challenges the withering-state theory. States\u00a0are not hapless victims of globalisation, but active facilitators. Through the case\u00a0studies of Vietnam and Malaysia, it is demonstrated that the state makes decisions\u00a0about globalisation\u2014either to engage in it or to retreat from it\u2014based on the\u00a0state&#8217;s perceived interest. Moreover, the state is perfectly capable of reversing\u00a0these decisions as state interests change over time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author&#8217;s bio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thomas Jandl is a doctoral candidate and adjunct faculty member at American University in Washington. His research interests focus on the impact of globalization on government and governance in developing countries. At the moment, he works on the impact of foreign investment on decentralization, migration and fiscal allocation in Vietnam. His recent publications include \u201cDomestic Mobility and Elite Rent-Seeking: The Right to Migrate among Provinces and Vietnam\u2019s Economic Success Story,\u201d in State, Society and International Relations in Asia, edited by Mehdi Amineh, 25 pages. Kuala Lumpur: ICAS Book Series, Vol. 1, 2009; and \u201cMalaysia and the Asian Financial Crisis: Rent Seeking and Economic Policy Choices in a Global Economy\u201d in the Journal of Asiatic Studies 51, no. 4 (December 2008).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Thomas Jandl: The Withering State Debate\" href=\"http:\/\/ijaps.usm.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Thomas_Jandl_The-Withering_State_Debate.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download full article (PDF)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vol. 5, No. 1 (2009): 55\u201380. Abstract It has been frequently argued that under globalisation, the state&#8217;s ability to make\u00a0autonomous decisions declines and the state withers away as it adapts to the\u00a0lowest common denominator of taxation and social services in order to attract\u00a0global investment flows. This paper challenges the withering-state theory. 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