A Siamese Tragedy: Development and Disintegration in Modern Thailand

Walden Bello

ISBN 10: 0935028749 / ISBN 13: 9780935028744

Verlag: Food First Books Apr 1999, 1999

Neuware - Even before the catastrophic collapse of 1997-98, the Thai economic miracle of the previous decade had feet of clay A Siamese Tragedy critique the failing economic system that has propelled the Thai people down an unsustainable path, and looks at how it can build an economic system that cares for its people and its natural resources. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780935028744

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Thailand has come to be known as the Fifth Tiger. With the Asian economic collapse of 1997-1998, this book poses the central question: Is this merely a short term crisis or is there a real prospect of Thailand being pushed back into Third World status? The International Monetary Fund has intervened with an irrelevant, indeed damaging policy package that promises to determine the outcome.
A Siamese Tragedy argues that, even before the collapse, the Thai economy had feet of clay. Walden Bello and his co-authors show how vested interests, local and international, propelled the Thai people down a particular path which is unsustainable in terms of human exploitation, social disruption, ecological damage and economic fragility. Thailand, like rest of the world, needs to rethink the fundamentals of its economic model.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Walden Bello is professor of sociology and public administration at the University of the Philippines and co-director of Focus on the Global South, a policy research institute based in Bangkok, Thailand.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A Siamese Tragedy: Development and ...
Verlag: Food First Books Apr 1999
Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
Einband: Taschenbuch
Zustand: Neu