ABSTRACT

In drawing on the case studies in the previous two chapters, this chapter addresses the following questions. First, what is the relationship between culture and industrialization? Second, what was the role of the state in promoting industrialization? Third, what social and political factors help to explain the conflicting development experiences of late industrializers? Fourth, how did the world market help to shape the successes and failures of late industrializers? Fifth, what was the relationship between industrialization and social development?