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Books

Thurbon E; Kim S-Y; Tan H; Mathews JA, 2023, Developmental Environmentalism: State Ambition and Creative Destruction in East Asia's Clean Energy Transition, Oxford University Press, London, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192897794.001.0001

Thurbon EC, 2016, Developmental Mindset: The Revival of Financial Activism in South Korea, Cornell University Press, Ithaca

Weiss L; Thurbon EC; Mathews J, 2007, National Insecurity, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW

Weiss L; Thurbon EC; Mathews J, 2004, How to Kill a Country, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW

Book Chapters

Thurbon E; Kim S-Y; Tan H; Mathews J, 2023, 'A Novel Analytical Framework', in Developmental Environmentalism, Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 42 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192897794.003.0003

Thurbon E; Kim S-Y; Tan H; Mathews J, 2023, 'Creative-Destruction in China’s Electric Vehicle Industry', in Developmental Environmentalism, Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 106 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192897794.003.0005

Thurbon E; Kim S-Y; Tan H; Mathews J, 2023, 'Creative-Destruction in China’s Strong and Smart Grid Initiatives: The Shift to Ultra-High Voltage', in Developmental Environmentalism, Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 163 - 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192897794.003.0007

Thurbon E; Kim S-Y; Tan H; Mathews J, 2023, 'Creative-Destruction in Korea’s Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Industry', in Developmental Environmentalism, Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 69 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192897794.003.0004

Thurbon E; Kim S-Y; Tan H; Mathews J, 2023, 'Creative-Destruction in Korea’s Smart and Strong Grid Strategy', in Developmental Environmentalism, Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 135 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192897794.003.0006

Thurbon E; Kim S-Y; Tan H; Mathews J, 2023, 'Cutting through the Conflicting Images of East Asia’s Green Energy Shift', in Developmental Environmentalism, Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 1 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192897794.003.0001

Thurbon E; Kim S-Y; Tan H; Mathews J, 2023, 'Drivers and Dynamics of Northeast Asia’s Green Energy Shift: A Comparative Strategic Analysis', in Developmental Environmentalism, Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 186 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192897794.003.0008

Thurbon E; Kim S-Y; Tan H; Mathews J, 2023, 'List of Acronyms and Abbreviations', in , Oxford University PressOxford, pp. xvii - xx, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192897794.002.0009

Thurbon E; Kim S-Y; Tan H; Mathews J, 2023, 'List of Tables', in , Oxford University PressOxford, pp. xvi - xvi, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192897794.002.0008

Thurbon E; Kim S-Y; Tan H; Mathews J, 2023, 'Northeast Asia’s Performance in the Green Energy Shift: What Does the Data Reveal?', in Developmental Environmentalism, Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 19 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192897794.003.0002

Thurbon E; Kim S-Y; Tan H; Mathews J, 2023, 'Praise for Developmental Environmentalism', in , Oxford University PressOxford, pp. i - iv, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192897794.002.0001

Thurbon E; Kim S-Y; Tan H; Mathews J, 2023, 'The Global Green Shift in an Era of Geostrategic Rivalry', in Developmental Environmentalism, Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 208 - 223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192897794.003.0009

Thurbon E, 2021, 'Australia and the Rules of International Trade and Finance', in Conley Tyler M; Gyngell A; Wakefield B (ed.), Australia and the Rules-Based International Order

Thurbon E; Weiss L, 2020, 'The state of development in a globalized world: Perspectives on advanced and industrializing countries', in The Routledge Handbook to Global Political Economy: Conversations and Inquiries, pp. 58 - 73

Weiss L; Thurbon E, 2020, 'MNCs and state infrastructural power', in MNCs in Global Politics: Pathways of Influence, pp. 47 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781789903232.00011

Thurbon E; Weiss L, 2020, 'The State of Development in a Globalized World', in Vivares E (ed.), The Routledge Handbook to Global Political Economy: Conversations and Inquiries, Routledge, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351064545

Thurbon EC, 2017, 'Lessons from South Korea: A Developmental Mindset Makes a Difference when Governing the Financial Economy', in Bohoslavsky JP; Raffer K (ed.), Sovereign Debt Crises: What Have We Learned?, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 236 - 253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108227001

Thurbon EC, 2016, 'Trade and Industry Policy: The Growing Partisan Divide', in Beeson M; Hameiri S (ed.), Navigating the New International Disorder: Australia In World Affairs 2011-2015, Oxford University Press

Thurbon EC; Weiss L, 2016, 'The Developmental State in the late 20th Century', in Jhosh J; Kattel R; Reinert E (ed.), Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development, Edward Elgar

Weiss L; Thurbon E, 2014, 'The Business of Buying American: Public Procurement as Trade Strategy', in Ikenberry J; Trubowitz P (ed.), American Foreign Policy: Theoretical Essays, Oxford University Press

Thurbon E, 2014, 'Australia: Public purchasing and innovation: The Australian case', in Public Procurement, Innovation and Policy: International Perspectives, pp. 35 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40258-6_3

Thurbon EC, 2013, 'Globalization and Industrial Governance: A View from Australia', in Tazreiter C; Tham SY (ed.), Globalization and Social Transformation in the Asia-Pacific, Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 78 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137298386

Thurbon EC, 2012, 'From Developmentalism to Neoliberalism and Back Again? Governing the Market in Australia from the 1980s to the Present', in Chang K-S; Fine B; Weiss L (ed.), Developmental Politics in Transition : the neoliberal era and beyond, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 274 - 298

Thurbon EC, 2012, 'Ideas and Industrial Governance: Has the Influence of Neoliberalism been Overstated?', in Neoliberalism: Beyond the Free Market, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltnam, pp. 180 - 203, http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?id=14794&breadcrumlink=&breadcrum=&sub_values=&site_Bus_Man=&site_dev=&site_eco=&site_env_eco=&site_inn_tech=&site_int_pol=&site_law=&site_pub_soc=

Thurbon EC, 2007, 'The Developmental Logic of Financial Liberalisation in Taiwan', in Garside W (ed.), Institutions and Market Economies: The Political Economy of Growth and Development, Palgrave Macmillan, UK, pp. 87 - 106

Journal articles

Mathews J; Thurbon E; Kim S-Y; Tan H, 2023, 'Gone with the wind: how state power and industrial policy in the offshore wind power sector are blowing away the obstacles to East Asia’s green energy transition', Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, 4, pp. 27 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43253-022-00082-7

Weiss L; Thurbon E, 2022, 'Explaining divergent National Responses to Covid-19: An Enhanced State Capacity Framework', New Political Economy, 27, pp. 697 - 712, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2021.1994545

Thurbon E; Kim SY; Mathews JA; Tan H, 2021, 'More ‘Creative’ Than ‘Destructive’? Synthesizing Schumpeterian and Developmental State Perspectives to Explain Mixed Results in Korea’s Clean Energy Shift', Journal of Environment and Development, 30, pp. 265 - 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10704965211013491

Tan H; Thurbon E; Kim SY; Mathews JA, 2021, 'Overcoming incumbent resistance to the clean energy shift: How local governments act as change agents in coal power station closures in China', Energy Policy, 149, pp. 112058, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.112058

Weiss L; Thurbon E, 2021, 'Developmental State or Economic Statecraft? Where, Why and How the Difference Matters', New Political Economy, 26, pp. 472 - 489, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2020.1766431

Thurbon E; Weiss L, 2021, 'Economic statecraft at the frontier: Korea’s drive for intelligent robotics', Review of International Political Economy, 28, pp. 103 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2019.1655084

Rethel L; Thurbon E, 2020, 'Introduction: Finance, Development and the State in East Asia', New Political Economy, 25, pp. 315 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2018.1562435

Thurbon E, 2020, 'The Future of Financial Activism in Taiwan? The Utility of a Mindset-centred Analysis of Developmental States and Their Evolution', New Political Economy, 25, pp. 320 - 336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2018.1562436

Weiss L; Thurbon E, 2018, 'Power paradox: how the extension of US infrastructural power abroad diminishes state capacity at home', Review of International Political Economy, 25, pp. 779 - 810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2018.1486875

Thurbon EC, 2016, 'Trade Agreements and the Myth of Policy Constraint in Australia', Australian Journal of Political Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2016.1239569

Thurbon EC, 2015, 'Ten Years Since the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement: Where to for Australia's Trade Policy?', Australian Journal of International Affairs

Thurbon EC, 2015, 'The Abandonment of Procurement-Linked Strategic Activism in Australia: Standing Still with Room to Move', Australian Journal of International Affairs, 69, pp. 577 - 594, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2015.1048780

Kim SY; Thurbon E, 2015, 'Developmental Environmentalism: Explaining South Korea’s Ambitious Pursuit of Green Growth', Politics and Society, 43, pp. 213 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0032329215571287

Thurbon EC, 2014, 'The Developmental State: A Conceptual Defence', Critique Internationale, 63, pp. 59 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/crii.063.0059

Weiss L; Thurbon EC; Mathews J, 2006, 'Free trade in mad cows: how to kill a beef industry', Australian Journal of International Affairs, 60, pp. 376 - 399

Thurbon EC; Weiss L, 2006, 'From Player to Pawn: Howard`s Trade Legacy', Australian Journal of Public Affairs, February, pp. Web - Web

Thurbon EC; Weiss L, 2006, 'Investing in Openness: The Evolution of FDI Strategyin South Korea and Taiwan', New Political Economy, 11, pp. 1 - 22

Weiss L; Thurbon EC, 2006, 'The Business of Buying American: Public Procurement as Trade Strategy in the USA', Review of International Political Economy, 13, pp. 701 - 721

Weiss L; Thurbon EC, 2004, 'Where there`s a will there`s a way: Governing the market in times of uncertainty', Issues and Studies, 401, pp. 61 - 72

Thurbon EC, 2003, 'Ideational inconsistency and institutional inertia: Why financial liberalisation in South Korea went horribly wrong', New Political Economy, 8

Thurbon , 2001, 'Two Paths to Financial Liberalisation: South Korea and Taiwan', Pacific Review, 14, pp. 241 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09512740110037370


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