The changes that introduced by the Japanese that helped increase state capacity can be best thought of as changes along three dimensions: (1) changes in the state structures; (2) creation of new economic instruments in the hands of the new states; and (3) new patterns of state-class relations. However, for those who believe that states have an important role to play in facilitating economic development, the question remains: how can power to develop be generated without outside forces remolding state, structures, or without state that repress and control large majorities of their own citizens?