A Siamese tragedy : development and disintegration in modern Thailand / Walden Bello, Shea Cunningha...
A Siamese tragedy : development and disintegration in modern Thailand / Walden Bello, Shea Cunningha...
A Siamese tragedy : development and disintegration in modern Thailand / Walden Bello, Shea Cunningham, and Li Kheng Poh.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Oakland Calif. : Food First ; Bangkok : White Lotus ; London ; New York : Zed Books, 1998.
Date
1998.
Call Numbers
N338.9593/6
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xiv, 267 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction: Survey of an Economic Debacle -- 2. Back to the Third World -- 3. Thailand under the IMF -- 4. The Failure of Industrial Deepening -- 5. Labour and Capital -- 6. Bangkok: Vicissitudes of a Megalopolis -- 7. Pollution Haven -- 8. The Erosion of Agriculture -- 9. The Dynamics of Defor...
Publication information
Publisher
Oakland Calif. : Food First ; Bangkok : White Lotus ; London ; New York : Zed Books, 1998.
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
1998.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
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...
Alternative Titles
Full title
A Siamese tragedy : development and disintegration in modern Thailand / Walden Bello, Shea Cunningham, and Li Kheng Poh.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-256) and index.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
N338.9593/6
Record Identifier
74VvVGO3vwzy
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvVGO3vwzy
Other Identifiers
ISBN
1856496643 (pbk.)
9780935028744
0935028749
9781856496636
1856496635
9781856496643 (pbk.)
DDC
338.9593
MMS ID
991010103769702626
