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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811938803321

Autore

Raquiza Antoinette

Titolo

State structure, policy formation, and economic development in Southeast Asia structuring development [[electronic resource] ] : the political economy of Thailand and the Philippines / / Antoinette R. Raquiza

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2012

ISBN

1-136-50502-4

0-203-14516-X

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia ; ; 108

Disciplina

338.9593

Soggetti

Economic development - Thailand

Economic development - Philippines

Thailand Economic policy

Philippines Economic policy

Thailand Politics and government

Philippines Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

State Structure, PolicyFormation, and EconomicDevelopment in Southeast AsiaThe political economy of Thailand andthe Philippines; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and acronyms; 1 Introduction: institutional settings of state power and the policy process; The state in changing development contexts; Policymaking in the ASEAN-4 countries; The case studies; 2 Patterns of economic growth: narratives and realities; Open markets, rents, and industrial development; Deconstructing dominant narratives; Two tales of economic collapse and survival; Conclusion

3 Building the modern state and economyThailand and its bureaucratic polity; The Philippines and its proprietary polity; Synthesis and conclusion; 4 Comparative policy dynamics of trade and investment promotion; Thailand and the Philippines: early history of international trade; Politics of import-substitution industrialization; Conclusion; 5 Liberalization: divergent paths, different outcomes; Foundations of



export-oriented industrialization; Conclusion; 6 Conclusion: state configuration and the politics of economic development; Thailand and the Philippines in comparative perspective

Institutional settings of the ASEAN-4 countriesThe politics of late-late development; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Why do some small, developing countries industrialize and others don't? What factors account for different economic performance among states that are vulnerable to external shocks, crony capitalism, and political instability? This book argues that the answer lies in the structuring of state power, specifically the way different sets of governing elites - political leaders and economic technocrats - are embedded in political organisations and state institutions, and the way these elites relate to each other in the economic development policy process. Conducting a comparative historical analy