Building social capital in Thailand
Subtitle: fibers, finance, and infrastructure
By: Danny Unger.
Series: Cambridge Asia-Pacific studies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: Industrial policy -- Thailand.; Finance -- Thailand.; Infrastructure (Economics) -- Thailand.; Thailand -- Economic policy.; Thailand -- Social policy.; Thailand -- Foreign economic relations.; Thailand -- Politics and government.
Description: Between 1984 and 1994 Thailand had the most rapid economic expansion in the world. This book offers an explanation of this successful record of economic growth in Thailand, and in Southeast Asia more generally. In a highly original argument, the book explains why Thai leaders adopted a market-driven strategy from the late 1950s, and also shows how the overseas Chinese in Thailand built on their community's social capital to overcome the market failures common to all developing countries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-222) and index.