THE NEW POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SOUTHEAST ASIA

Introduction / Rajah Rasiah And Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt -- Industrialization In The Second-tier Nies / Rajah Rasiah -- The 1997 Economic Crisis, Reform And Southeast Asian Growth / Chris Dixon -- Revisiting Shared Growth And Examining Horizontal Inequality / Anis Chowdhury And Iyanatul Islam -- Industrial Relations And Labour Market Conditions / Rene Ofreneo And Peter Wad -- Urban And Industrial Environmental Reform In Southeast Asia / David A. Sonnenfield And Arthur P. J. Mol -- Civil Society And Distributional Conflicts In Southeast Asia / Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt -- Rationale For Free Trade Agreements (ftas) In Southeast Asia / Sanchita Basu Das And Aekapol Chongvilaivan. Editors, Rajah Rasiah, J.d. Schmidt. Includes Bibliographical Rreferences And Index. This well-researched book examines the dramatic transformation of Southeast Asian countries from agricultural and mining economies to industrial nations.