Money & power in provincial Thailand / edited by Ruth McVey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McVey, Ruth Thomas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism.

Thailand--Economic conditions.

Thailand.

Economic conditions.

Thailand--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Capitalism--Thailand.

Physical Description:

xiii, 288 pages : 2 maps ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Money and power in provincial Thailand

Place of Publication:

Honolulu, HI : University of Hawaii Press, [2000]

Summary:

Most studies of Southeast Asian economic change have focused on growth in a few big cities with studies of the countryside tending to concern themselves with the social and environmental impact of metropolitan growth. Very few analysts have looked at the middle distance between metropolis and countryside. This is the horizon and focus of this volume, spurred by recent developments in Thailand. In the past decade, the rise of a frequently violent competition for business and political leadership in the Thai provinces -- an arena of growing national importance -- has drawn attention to how these centres are being transformed by capitalist develop-ment. Promising to be a classic in its field, this volume does much to aid our understanding of this transformation.

Contents:

1. Of Greed and Violence, and Other Signs of Progress / Ruth McVey 1

2. Chao Sua, Chao Pho, Chao Thi: Lords of Thailand's Transition / Pasuk Phongpaichit, Chris Baker 30

3. Local Godfathers in Thai Politics / Sombat Chantornvong 53

4. The Rise of Local Power in Thailand: Provincial Crime, Elections and the Bureaucracy / James Ockey 74

5. Market Society and the Origins of the New Thai Politics / Michael J. Montesano 97

6. The Local Dynamics of the 'New Political Economy': A District Business Association and Its Role in Electoral Politics / Daniel Arghiros 123

7. The Entrepreneurs of Khorat / Yoko Ueda 154

8. Developing Provincial Capitalism: A Profile of the Economic and Political Roles of a New Generation in Khon Kaen, Thailand / Kevin Hewison, Maniemai Thongyou 195

9. Beyond Bangkok: The Provincial Middle Class in the 1992 Protests / James P. LoGerfo 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-283) and index.

ISBN:

0824822722

0824822730

OCLC:

41488758