国家是现代政治生活的核心，也是政治学研究中最为重要的概念之一。随着“将国家带回来”的浪潮兴起，以社会为中心解读国家的做法受到挑战，国家自主性和国家能力等概念日益流行，它对包括政治经济学在内的众多理论体系产生了广泛深远的影响。国家主体地位的获得改变了自由主义政治经济关于国家与市场之间的分工逻辑，制度的重要性得到了更大程度的强调。“发展型国家”是从国家主义视角解读东亚奇迹时形成的主要理论成果，它取代自由主义成为解读东亚政治经济的主导范式。

The state is the center of modern political life and one of the most important concepts in political science. With the wave of “bringing the state back in”, the society-centered reading of the state has been challenged, while the concepts such as state autonomy, state capabilities and so on have become increasingly popular. There has been a far-reaching influence on a variety of theoretical systems including political economy. The acquisition of the main body of the state has changed the division logic of the state and the market in liberalist political economy and the importance of institutions has gained greater emphasis. This transformation proves to be illuminating for understanding the socialist market economic system with Chinese characteristics. As the main theoretical finding in understanding the East Asian Miracle, “developmental state” has replaced liberalism to become the dominant paradigm in understanding politics and economy in the East Asia.