Industrialization with a weak state : Thailand's development in historical perspective / Somboon Siriprachai ; edited by Kaoru Sugihara, Pasuk Phongpaichit and Chris Baker
Imprint
Singapore : NUS Press, 2012
Descript
xii, 183 p. ; 23 cm
CONTENT
An appreciation of the work of Somboon Siriprachai -- Problems in the industrialization process in Thailand -- Export-oriented industrialization strategy with land abundance: some of Thailand's shortcomings -- Population growth, fertility decline, poverty, and deforestation in Thailand, 1850-1990 -- Inconsistencies and inequities in Thai industrialization -- Mercantilism: is it a doctrine or an economic policy? application to the East Asian NIEs -- Development economics, rent seeking, and the East Asian miracle -- Growth, technological inertia, and a weak state