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Thailand at the margins : internationalization of the State and the transformation of labour /
Jim Glassman addresses the role of the state in the industrial transformation of what was, before the economic crisis of 1997-98, one of Southeast Asia's fastest growing economies. Approaching this issue from a different angle than those dominating 1980s and 1990s debates about the role of stat...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Series: | Oxford geographical and environmental studies.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Contents; List of Figures and Maps; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction. The Problematic: Territorial State, International Capital, and Uneven Industrial Development in Thailand; 1. State Power Beyond the 'Territorial Trap': The Internationalization of the State; 2. Internationalization of the State under US Hegemony: Building the Cold War Regime and Capturing Peasants, 1945-1975; 3. Internationalization of the State under US Hegemony and Japanese Quasi-Hegemony: Promoting Industrialization and Disciplining Labour, 1945-2000.
- 4. Internationalization of the State under Japanese Quasi-Hegemony: Marginalizing Northern Workers, 1980-20005. Interpreting Post-World War II Development in Thailand: More and Less than a National Phenomenon; 6. Uneven Economic Crisis, Industrial Restructuring, and the Politics of Development in a Post-Nationalist Era; 7. Conclusion: Thailand at the Margins; Bibliography; Index.