Building Social Capital in Thailand - Fibers, Finance and Infrastructure

Klappentext A highly original study of how the unique organization of Thai society has impacted on its economy. Zusammenfassung This 1998 book examines the rapid economic expansion in Thailand! and argues that the rise of market-oriented policies has been dependent on a number of unique Thai social characteristics. The book's general! comparative discussion of social infrastructure is supplemented by case studies on specific sectors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: 1. Striking bargains in Thailand; 2. Social capital and embedded agents; 3. Sociability and social capital: a tale of two Thailands; 4. Thailand's political economy; Part II: 5. Bargains between bankers and bureaucrats; 6. Controls and contestation: the Thai textile industry; 7. Incredible commitments and policy chaos; Part III: 8. Growing social capital.

Product details

• Authors: Danny Unger
• Assisted by: James Cotton (Editor), John Ravenhill (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.09.1998
• EAN: 9780521639316
• ISBN: 978-0-521-63931-6
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Cambridge Asia-Pacific Studies; Cambridge Asia-Pacific Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Thailand, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Political Economy