Social Change in South East Asia

New Perspectives

By: Jacques Hersh, Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt, Niels Fold

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Paperback | 30 October 1997 | Edition Number 1

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A comprehensive, in-depth examination of the development and societal transformation of South East Asia which examines recent debates concerning the development of "Newly Industrializing Countries (NICs)" of South East Asia. It disusses variety of social change and inequality questions. It also provides a comparative interpretation of the changing political culture and economic influence by looking Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines. The work focuses on changes in labour market relations from a regulation perspective and state versus trade union approach, for example in Malaysia and Vietnam. It also offers a discussion of social welfare, inequalities and the rural question in Thailand as well as in other ASEAN countries.

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Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Map
Contributors
Introduction: Changing realities of social transition in Southeast Asia	p. 1
The internal and external dynamics of social conflict in Southeast Asia
The impact of US strategy: making Southeast Asia safe for capitalism	p. 23
The custodian state and social change - creating growth without welfare	p. 40
The emergence of the middle classes in Southeast Asia and the Indonesian case	p. 60
Classes, culture and political legitimation
Class, culture and Malaysian modernity	p. 81
The legitimacy of the public sphere and culture of the new urban middle class in the Philippines	p. 98
Ethnicity, class and human resource management in Singapore	p. 114
Industrialization and labour regulation
The wage-labour nexus in Malaysia's industrial development	p. 133
The labour market in Vietnam: between state incorporation and autonomy	p. 155
Inconsistencies and inequities in Thai industrialization	p. 183
Conclusion: Societal forces and class constellations behind Southeast Asian capitalism	p. 206
Index	p. 228
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