Developmentalism and Dependency in Southeast Asia or Emerging Companies Guide

Developmentalism and Dependency in Southeast Asia: The Case of the Automotive Industry

Author: Jason P Abbott

This book provides a detailed cross-country study of the automotive industry in South East Asia. Abbot argues that, contrary to prevailing opinion, the diffusion of manufacturing in the Asia-Pacific has been characterized by hierarchical networks of production linked to Japan for technology.

Table of Contents:

	List of tables
	Acknowledgements
	Abbreviations
	Introduction	1
1	International political economy, development and the state: implications for the study of Southeast Asia	10
2	Southeast Asia's economic development in the Global and Regional Political Economy	35
3	Indonesia: Soeharto and the neo-patrimonial state	57
4	Malaysia: managing foreign capital	80
5	Thailand: from a bureaucratic polity to the politics of corruption	98
6	The automobile industry in Southeast Asia in comparative perspective	119
7	Conclusion	149
	Notes	155
	Bibliography	173
	Index	190

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