東亞金融風暴使得發展型「國家」和「理論」都面臨終結的危機。發展型國家概念充滿許多花為當然的命題，缺乏系統和反省。本文分析發展型國家的各命是且有普遍性、階段性、權變性、歷史性和特殊性等不同屬性。在以區域研究文獻為依據，做比較分析後，筆者置疑許多命題在觀念上或經驗上的有效性。對國家自主、技術官僚、歷史文化因素的概化、求亞經驗放製、是在也是，乃至「發展」等，筆者提出一些見解。全球化彼得困家在發展的功能史為吃重。終結的是「家長式J的領導和「重商主義」式的發展策略。

After the East Asian financial crisis of 1997， both the developmental state and the theory of the developmental state seem out of mode. The theory of developmental state consists of many propositions， which are unsystematic， contradictory， and taken for granted. This study grouped these propostions into five categories: universal， developmental， expedient， historical， and specific. This author checked the empirical bases of these propositions with literature from area studies. Results show many well-known propositons and concepts are problematic and subject to reconsideration. The author presented new interpretations for state autonomy， technocrats， generalization of historical and cultural factors， embeddedness， and even the meaning of development. In conclusion， developmental state's roles are still and even more critical in globalization. The only passing is the authoritarian and neomerchantialist developmental strategy.