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This four-volume collection of Open Access books presents trans-disciplinary dialogues on the modern state formation and high economic growth of middle-income countries. Volume 1, <i>Emerging States and Economies: Their Origins, Drivers, and Challenges Ahead</i>, showcases such a dialogue. Volume 2, <i>Paths to the Emerging State in Asia and Africa</i>, offers historical and contemporary case studies asking how a country which was incorporated into the world economy as a periphery could undertake the task of economic development. Volume 3, <i>Developmental State-Building: The Politics of Emerging Economy</i>, modifies and revitalizes the notion of developmental state through nuanced analysis on the roles of human agency in structural transformation. Volume 4, <i>Emerging States at Crossroads</i>, analyzes the economic, social, and political challenges that emerging states confronts, including middle-income trap, social disparity, and pressure for political opening.