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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 |
Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2012 |
Edizione: | 1st edition |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Disciplina: | 338.9593 |
Soggetto topico: | Economic development - Thailand |
Economic development - Philippines | |
Soggetto geografico: | Thailand Economic policy |
Philippines Economic policy | |
Thailand Politics and government | |
Philippines Politics and government | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | State structure, policy formation, and economic development in Southeast Asia structuring development |
ISBN: | 1-136-50502-4 |
0-203-14516-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910457474503321 |
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