1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777469103321

Titolo

Thailand beyond the crisis / / edited by Peter Warr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-54155-4

1-280-07902-9

0-203-40239-1

1-134-54156-2

0-415-24447-1

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 351 p. : ill., maps

Collana

RoutledgeCurzon research on Southeast Asia ; ; 7

Classificazione

83.30

Altri autori (Persone)

WarrPeter G

Disciplina

330.9593

Soggetti

Financial crises - Thailand

Currency crises - Thailand

Thailand Economic conditions

Thailand Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part Part I Background to the crisis and the recovery process -- chapter 1 Boom, bust and beyond / Peter Warr -- chapter 2 Anatomy of the crisis AMMAR SIAMWALLA / Ammar Siamwalla -- part Part II The social and political context of the recovery process -- chapter 3 Pluto-populism -- Thaksin and popular politics / Chris Baker -- chapter 4 Socio-economic consequences of the crisis ISRA SARNTISART / Isra Sarntisart -- chapter 5 Developing social alternatives -- Walking backwards into a khlong / Pasuk Phongpaichit -- part Part III The new environment for economic policy making -- chapter 6 Public sector reform -- A post-crisis opportunity / Stefan G. Koeberle -- chapter 7 Dealing with debt -- NPLs and debt restructuring / Pakorn Vichyanond -- chapter 8 The implications of a flexible exchange rate BHANUPONG NIDHIPRABHA / Bhanupong Nidhiprabha -- part Part IV The long term: human capital, urbanization and the environment -- chapter 9 Education: the key to long-term recovery? SIRILAKSANA KHOMAN -- The key to long-term recovery? / Sirilaksana Khoman -- chapter 10 Urbanization -- New drivers, new outcomes / Douglas Webster --



chapter 11 Natural resources and the environment / Mingsarn Kaosa-ard.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782448303321

Autore

Karim Raslan

Titolo

Journeys through Southeast Asia [[electronic resource] ] : ceritalah2 / / Karim Raslan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore, : Times Books International, c2002

ISBN

981-261-925-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Disciplina

915.9/0453

959.5

Soggetti

Islam - Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia Politics and government

Southeast Asia Social conditions

Southeast Asia Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Newspaper columns, mostly from 1999 to 2002.

Vita.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; Contents; Preface; Culture And Society; The Past is Another Country; Malaysia at Forty; Asia in Europe and Europe in Asia; Coming Home to the City; The Credibility Syndrome; The Emperor's Clothes; The Dot Com Boom; The Modern Malay Dilemma; The Clash of Liberal and Literal Islam; People And Places; Cambodia - Coping With the Aftermath; The Women of Ban Krua; Malang and the Indonesian Chinese Predicament; Puey Ungpakhorn; Pak Ngah; Solo and Jogjakarta; Michelle Yeoh; Kuala Lumpur is not Kabul...; The Singaporean Dilemma; Ulil Abshar-Abdalla; Political Life; Only an Australian...

Ho Chi Minh - the Reluctant CommunistAbhisit Vejjajiva; Pak Lah - the Underestimated Man; Dr Mahathir - Twenty Years On; The Malaysian Chinese Mood; Lee Kuan Yew Visits Malaysia; Paul Keating - an Ozzie Visionary?; America - the Lone Ranger; Moderate Muslims Must Speak Up!; The Turnaround; Intellectual Terrorism; UMNO's Renewal; Art And Literature; The World According to Sir Vidia; Simryn Gill - the Kampung



Girl; U Ba Nyan - Amidst Globalisation; Montien Boonma - Alchemist of the Soul; Latiff Mohidin - The Line from Point To Point; I Made Budi; Faith and Despair in Manila

Wong Hoy Cheong - From Urban Guerilla toCountry FarmerIn Search of the Essence of ASEAN; THE SHOCK OF THE NEW AND THE POSTMODERNISTFUTURE; THE ART OF PATRONAGE; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

How can we define Southeast Asia - a region that has a plethora of diverse (and seemingly irreconcilable) faiths and cultures?. Karim Raslan, one of Asia's leading commentators and the author of Ceritalah: Malaysia in Transition, addresses this puzzle as he trudges through the vast landscapes of the region. From Mahathir to Michelle Yeoh, from Islam to Indonesian rap music, Journeys Through Southeast Asia: Ceritalah 2 puts together the pieces of a massive puzzle that is Southeast Asia. By revealing facets of the region that have escaped our detection, Karim sweeps us from our familiar environs