@inproceedings{Kumar:2015:IS:2684822.2685310,
  abstract = {We consider the problem of inferring choices made by users based only on aggregate data containing the relative popularity of each item. We propose a framework that models the problem as that of inferring a Markov chain given a stationary distribution. Formally, we are given a graph and a target steady-state distribution on its nodes. We are also give a mapping from per-node scores to a transition matrix, from a broad family of such mappings. The goal is to set the scores of each node such that the resulting transition matrix induces the desired steady state. We prove sufficient conditions under which this problem is feasible and, for the feasible instances, obtain a simple algorithm for a generic version of the problem. This iterative algorithm provably finds the unique solution to this problem and has a polynomial rate of convergence; in practice we find that the algorithm converges after fewer than ten iterations. We then apply this framework to choice problems in online settings and show that our algorithm is able to explain the observed data and predict the user choices much better than other competing baselines across a variety of diverse datasets.},
  acmid = {2685310},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  author = {Kumar, Ravi and Tomkins, Andrew and Vassilvitskii, Sergei and Vee, Erik},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Eighth ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining},
  doi = {10.1145/2684822.2685310},
  interhash = {15326871c92155e46259db7cb455d584},
  intrahash = {e0e10a01d0f65da00f5390482407abd2},
  isbn = {978-1-4503-3317-7},
  location = {Shanghai, China},
  numpages = {10},
  pages = {359--368},
  publisher = {ACM},
  series = {WSDM '15},
  title = {Inverting a Steady-State},
  url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2684822.2685310},
  year = 2015
}

@article{burger2014facing,
  abstract = {Developmental states are often associated with high economic growth. Japan, South Korea, China and Brazil are all examples, most of which grew at phenomenal rates. The National Development Plan in South Africa sets out the intention of the South African government to transform the government into a 'capable and developmental state able to intervene to correct our historical inequities ...' However, what the South African government means by the term 'developmental state' is not entirely clear. To help bring some clarity, this paper distinguishes between the East Asian developmental state and the Scandinavian developmentalist welfare state. The paper furthermore draws on Bernard and Boucher's distinction between a 'social investment state' and a 'transfer welfare state.' The former is a more precise description of the Scandinavian developmentalist welfare state. Subsequently, the paper discusses the applicability of the developmental state framework to South Africa. Specifically, it argues that the East Asian model neither is a model that would work in South Africa, nor is it a model that South Africa would wish to apply. South Africa currently resembles more a transfer welfare state than the Scandinavian-Brazilian social investment state. The social investment state, though, is closer to what South Africa needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]},
  author = {Burger, Philippe},
  interhash = {ae45a58dbf5f26a79b3264d26ce1e6e3},
  intrahash = {fe01e348fa20d08ed98a7d4570db7f22},
  journal = {South African Journal of Economics},
  month = {6},
  number = 2,
  title = {Facing the Conundrum: How Useful Is the 'Developmental State' Concept in South Africa?},
  uniqueid = {96203551|buh},
  volume = 82,
  year = 2014
}

@article{maman2012institutional,
  abstract = {This paper examines the institutional dynamics of the Israeli developmental state, focusing on its transformation since the mid-1980s, when a deep and far-reaching process of liberalization began. In contrast to the conventional stance concerning the withdrawal of the state from the economy and the decline of its political and institutional capabilities to shape the structure of economic relations, our analysis suggests that the state has not retreated from the economic sphere. The important shift in state-economy relations lies not in the extent of the state's involvement in the economy, but rather in the mode of its involvement. That is, institutional changes have to do first and foremost with the definition of the state's objectives in the management of the political economy and the way it uses particular institutional instruments to attain those objectives. As we show, state agencies continue to play a crucial role in the economic arena. While certain institutional traits and practices of the classic developmental state have indeed vanished, there are also very significant lines of continuity in place that keep imprinting on state-economy relations. It is this combination of change and continuity that determines the modes of action of developmental states under conditions of neoliberal globalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]},
  author = {Maman, Daniel and Rosenhek, Zeev},
  interhash = {02ce19ee28f7645af240887301039bb8},
  intrahash = {83142adf28571140bbe3a9430fca4f77},
  journal = {Studies in Comparative International Development},
  month = {9},
  number = 3,
  title = {The Institutional Dynamics of a Developmental State: Change and Continuity in State-Economy Relations in Israel.},
  uniqueid = {77833420|buh},
  volume = 47,
  year = 2012
}

@misc{katrin2008rezension,
  author = {Kogman-Appel, Katrin},
  day = 25,
  interhash = {8f3df318fce3912e4eb2a4435cf2bff9},
  intrahash = {6018324f919dccb584df04727f074d8a},
  journal = {The Medieval Review },
  title = {Martin, Therese, Harris, Julie A. (Hgg.), Church, State, Vellum and Stone. Essays on Medieval Spain in Honor of John Williams (The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World 26), Leiden u. Boston 2005},
  url = {https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/4218/08.09.25.html?sequence=1},
  year = 2008
}