The Fifth Tiger: Study of Thai Development Policy

by Robert J. Muscat

Overview

Thailand's dynamic economic development has earned it a reputation as the "Fifth Tiger" (following on the heels of the superperforming "Four Tigers" - South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong). This is a study of Thailand's development experience since 1955.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563243233
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/01/1994
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Historical Roots of Modern Policy; Chapter 3 Political Instability and Development Disarray: 1945–1957; Chapter 4 Despotic Paternalism and Purposive Development: 1958–1972; Chapter 5 Democracy and Reaction: Orthodoxy in Partial Eclipse, 1973–1979; Chapter 6 Structural Adjustment, Quasi-Democracy, and the Birth of the Fifth Tiger; Chapter 7 The Fifth Tiger at Its Birth;

Editorial Reviews

A comprehensive study of Thai development strategy, undertaken by the United Nations University's first research and training center, the World Institute for Development Economics Research, and carried out under the Institute's program area Money, Finance and Trade--Reform for World Development. The Thai experience, fluctuating between quasi- authoritarian and quasi-democratic episodes, stands, thus far, as a counter-instance to the proposition put forth by some analysts that strong authoritarian governance and "hard" state economic intervention are necessary for developing countries to move onto a fast growth track. Paper edition (unseen), $22.50. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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