Political Booms. Local Money and Power in Taiwan, East China, Thailand, and the Philippines

by Lynn T. White

A$39 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 2009. xx + 727pp, sources, indices, very good in dustjacket. "Why have Taiwan, rich parts of China, and Thailand boomed famously, while the Philippines has long remained stagnant both economically and politically? Do booms abet democracy? Does the rise of middle classes promise..... More

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