Mobilizing for DevelopmentMobilizing for Development tackles the question of how countries achieve rural development and offers a new way of thinking about East Asia's political economy that challenges the developmental state paradigm. Through a comparison of Taiwan (1950s1970s), South Korea (1950s1970s), and China (1980s2000s), Kristen E. Looney shows that different types of development outcomesimprovements in agricultural production, rural living standards, and the village