Unequal Thailand - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Unequal Thailand write by Pasuk Phongpaichit. This book was released on 2015-11-05. Unequal Thailand available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Extreme inequalities in income,wealth and power lie behind Thailand’s political turmoil. What are the sources of this inequality? Why does it persist, or even increase when the economy grows? How can it be addressed? The contributors to this important study—Thai scholars, reformers and civil servants—shed light on the many dimensions of inequality in Thailand, looking beyond simple income measures to consider land ownership, education, finance, business structures and politics. The contributors propose a series of reforms in taxation, spending and institutional reform that can address growing inequality. Inequality is among the biggest threats to social stability in Southeast Asia, and this close study of a key Southeast Asian country will be relevant to regional policy-makers, economists and business decision-makers, as well as students of oligarchy and inequality more generally.
The Politics of Uneven Development
The Politics of Uneven Development - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Politics of Uneven Development write by Richard F. Doner. This book was released on 2009-02-09. The Politics of Uneven Development available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Why do some middle-income countries diversify their economies but fail to upgrade – to produce world-class products based on local inputs and technological capacities? Why have the 'little tigers' of Southeast Asia, such as Thailand, continued to lag behind the Newly Industrializing Countries of East Asia? Richard Doner goes beyond 'political will' by emphasizing institutional capacities and political pressures: development challenges vary; upgrading poses tough challenges that require robust institutional capacities. Such strengths are political in origin. They reflect pressures, such as security threats and resource constraints, which motivate political leaders to focus on efficiency more than clientelist payoffs. Such pressures help to explain the political institutions – 'veto players' – through which leaders operate. Doner assesses this argument by analyzing Thai development historically, in three sectors (sugar, textiles, and autos) and in comparison with both weaker and stronger competitors (Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan, Brazil, and South Korea).
America Unequal
America Unequal - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook America Unequal write by Sheldon Danziger. This book was released on 1995. America Unequal available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The authors challenge the view that restraining government social spending and cutting welfare should be our top domestic priorities. Instead, they propose policies that would reduce poverty by supplementing the earnings of low-wage workers and increasing the employment prospects of the jobless.
Unequal Freedom
Unequal Freedom - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Unequal Freedom write by Evelyn Nakano GLENN. This book was released on 2009-06-30. Unequal Freedom available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The inequalities that persist in America have deep historical roots. Evelyn Nakano Glenn untangles this complex history in a unique comparative regional study from the end of Reconstruction to the eve of World War II. During this era the country experienced enormous social and economic changes with the abolition of slavery, rapid territorial expansion, and massive immigration, and struggled over the meaning of free labor and the essence of citizenship as people who previously had been excluded sought the promise of economic freedom and full political rights. After a lucid overview of the concepts of the free worker and the independent citizen at the national level, Glenn vividly details how race and gender issues framed the struggle over labor and citizenship rights at the local level between blacks and whites in the South, Mexicans and Anglos in the Southwest, and Asians and haoles (the white planter class) in Hawaii. She illuminates the complex interplay of local and national forces in American society and provides a dynamic view of how labor and citizenship were defined, enforced, and contested in a formative era for white-nonwhite relations in America.
Inequality in Asia and the Pacific
Inequality in Asia and the Pacific - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Inequality in Asia and the Pacific write by Ravi Kanbur. This book was released on 2014-02-24. Inequality in Asia and the Pacific available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Asia’s rapid economic growth has led to a significant reduction in extreme poverty, but accompanied by rising inequality. This book deals with three questions: What have been the trends of inequality in Asia and the Pacific? What are the key drivers of rising inequality in the region? How should Asian countries respond to the rising inequality? Technological change, globalization, and market-oriented reform have been the key drivers of Asia’s remarkable growth and poverty reduction, but they have also had significant distribution consequences. These three drivers of growth cannot be hindered because they are the sources of productivity improvement and betterment of quality of life. This book will be useful to those interested in policy options that could be deployed by Asian countries in confronting rising inequality.
