The crisis in two Pacific Rim economies : higher education and employment in Mexico and Thailand / Jose Ernesto Rangel Delgado & Antonina Ivanova Boncheva ; Arthur Edwards, translation and language editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rangel Delgado, José Ernesto.

Contributor:

Ivanova Boncheva, Antonina.

Edwards, Arthur.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pacific Area--Economic conditions.

Pacific Area.

Mexico--Economic conditions.

Mexico.

Thailand--Economic conditions.

Thailand.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (121 p.)

Place of Publication:

Southampton ; Boston : WIT Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book hopes to provide information on a topic that, although somewhat polemic because it touches upon thorny topics that lay bare the social and economic structure of contemporary society, must be commented on and documented in comparing the dynamic A

Contents:

Cover; The Crisis in two Pacific Rim Economies: Higher Education and Employment in Mexico and Thailand; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The new knowledge-based economy; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The theoretical origins of the knowledge based economy; 1.3 The knowledge-based economy in Mexico and Thailand; 1.4 Final remarks; Chapter 2: Mexico and Thailand in the world; 2.1 International context; 2.2 Economic characterization; 2.3 Mexican & Thai relations; 2.4 Final remarks; Chapter 3: Higher education and employment policies; 3.1 Introduction

3.2 Higher education policies and employment in Mexico3.3 Higher education policies and employment in Thailand; 3.4 Higher education policies; 3.5 Employment policy; 3.6 Final remarks; Chapter 4: Mexican and Thai views on higher education and employment; 4.1 On higher education; 4.2 On employment; 4.3 University-private sector linkage; 4.4 Final remarks; Chapter 5: The crisis in Mexico and Thailand: perspectives to higher education and employment; 5.1 Mexico and the crisis: between Latin America and NAFTA; 5.2 Thailand: the crisis in an emerging Asia economy; 5.3 Final remarks; Conclusions

Challenges and lessonsAnnexes; A. Statistics; B. Methodology; Bibliography

Notes:

"The authors extend a special acknowledgement to His Excellency Ambassador Suvat Chirapant and to the Royal Thai Embassy in Mexico for the valuable support to the research and book publishing."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-13370-5

9786613806284

1-84564-633-9

OCLC:

799767022