Political Economy of Capital Market Reforms in Southeast Asia

Informationen zum Autor XIAOKE ZHANG is Associate Professor in Political Economy and Asian Studies in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham, UK. His major research interests are in comparative and international political economy, with a regional focus on East Asia. He is the author of The Changing Politics of Finance in Korea and Thailand and the co-editor of International Financial Governance under Stress (with Geoffrey R.D. Underhill). Klappentext In this book! Xiaoke Zhang addresses two fundamental political and policy questions: why do politicians have heterogeneous incentives to pursue public-regarding policies through capital market reforms and why do they differ in their abilities to initiate and implement market reform policies decisively and resolutely? Zusammenfassung In this book! Xiaoke Zhang addresses two fundamental political and policy questions: why do politicians have heterogeneous incentives to pursue public-regarding policies through capital market reforms and why do they differ in their abilities to initiate and implement market reform policies decisively and resolutely? Inhaltsverzeichnis Politics and Capital Market Reforms Political Parties and Reform Processes Variations in Political Party Structures Singapore: Market Reform Success Thailand: Reform Failures amidst Political Changes Malaysia: Mixed Record on Reforms Conclusions and Implications

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Politics and Capital Market Reforms Political Parties and Reform Processes Variations in Political Party Structures Singapore: Market Reform Success Thailand: Reform Failures amidst Political Changes Malaysia: Mixed Record on Reforms Conclusions and Implications

Product details

• Authors: X Zhang, X. Zhang
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.09.2011
• EAN: 9781349322480
• ISBN: 978-1-349-32248-0
• No. of pages: 273
• Series: International Political Economy Series; International Political Econom; International Political Economy Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Globalization, Cultural Studies, Political Science, Asia, International Relations, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Regional and Cultural Studies, Regional Cultural Studies, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Political science and theory, International Political Economy, Culture—Study and teaching, Asia—Politics and government, Asian Politics, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, International Political Economy’