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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784984303321

Autore

Glassman Jim

Titolo

Thailand at the margins [[electronic resource] ] : internationalization of the State and the transformation of labour / / Jim Glassman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-19-191758-3

1-280-75674-8

0-19-151487-X

1-4294-6029-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Collana

Oxford geographical and environmental studies series

Disciplina

330.9593

Soggetti

Industrial policy - Thailand

Labor policy - Thailand

Thailand Economic policy

Thailand Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-228) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures and Maps; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction. The Problematic: Territorial State, International Capital, and Uneven Industrial Development in Thailand; 1. State Power Beyond the 'Territorial Trap': The Internationalization of the State; 2. Internationalization of the State under US Hegemony: Building the Cold War Regime and Capturing Peasants, 1945-1975; 3. Internationalization of the State under US Hegemony and Japanese Quasi-Hegemony: Promoting Industrialization and Disciplining Labour, 1945-2000

4. Internationalization of the State under Japanese Quasi-Hegemony: Marginalizing Northern Workers, 1980-20005. Interpreting Post-World War II Development in Thailand: More and Less than a National Phenomenon; 6. Uneven Economic Crisis, Industrial Restructuring, and the Politics of Development in a Post-Nationalist Era; 7. Conclusion: Thailand at the Margins; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Jim Glassman addresses the role of the state in the industrial transformation of what was, before the economic crisis of 1997-98,



one of Southeast Asia's fastest-growing economies. He argues that the Thai state has been both proactive and interventionist in encouraging industrial transformation.