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State structure, policy formation, and economic development in Southeast Asia structuring development : the political economy of Thailand and the Philippines / Antoinette R. Raquiza.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Raquiza, Antoinette.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia (2005) ; 108.
- Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia ; 108
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development--Thailand.
- Economic development.
- Economic development--Philippines.
- Thailand--Economic policy.
- Thailand.
- Philippines--Economic policy.
- Philippines.
- Thailand--Politics and government.
- Philippines--Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Other Title:
- Political economy of Thailand and the Philippines
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781136505027
- 1136505024
- 9780203145166
- 020314516X
- OCLC:
- 798531563
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