Interpreting development : capitalism, democracy, and the middle class in Thailand / John Girling
- Author
- Girling, J. L. S.
- Published
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, 1996.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (95 pages).
- Additional Creators
- Cornell University. Southeast Asia Program
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- Series
- Contents
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Major Events from 1947; 1. Interpreting Development: The Problematic of Capitalism and Democracy; 2. Thailand: The Four Contradictions; Rapid, but Uneven, Development; Military Assertion; Business Power; Money Politics; The Range of Business-Political Relations; 3. The Middle Class and Civil Society; Middle Class and Alternatives; Civil Society and the Role of NGOs; 4. Twin Peaks-Disturbing Shadows; Economics, Politics, Society in the 1990s; 5. Conclusion: Development and Democracy Reconsidered.
- Summary
- A study of rapid capitalist development in Thailand and the rivalries generated not only between the older bureaucracy and the newer, rising entrepreneurial elite, but also between urban and rural entrepreneurs. Girling explores the classic problems associated with capitalism and democracy, the dangers and exhilaration of nationalist sentiment, the contradictions inherent in Thai development, and the rise of the middle class. His work is a fascinating reconsideration of problems that have faced many theorists.
- Subject(s)
- Since 1945
- Capitalism—Thailand
- Democracy—Thailand
- Middle class—Thailand
- Capitalisme—Thaïlande
- Démocratie—Thaïlande
- Classes moyennes—Thaïlande
- POLITICAL SCIENCE—Political Economy
- Middle class
- Capitalism
- Democracy
- Politieke ontwikkeling
- Sociaal-economische ontwikkeling
- Middenklassen
- Thailand—History—1945-
- Thaïlande—Histoire—1945-
- Thailand
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781501719189 (electronic bk.)
1501719181 (electronic bk.)
0877277206
9780877277200 - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references.
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