The Policies and Politics of Industrial Upgrading in Thailand during the Thaksin Era (2001–2006)

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ID6041227
AutoresLaurids S Lauridsen (0000-0002-1622-9905, Roskilde University, autor correspondente)
Ano2009
Volume1
Fascículo3
Páginas409-434
Data de publicação2009-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAsian Politics & Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1943-0787 • E-ISSN: 1943-0779
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1943-0787.2009.01133.x
OpenAlexW2050783304
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas29

What happens when developing countries can no longer grow by simply exploiting their existing comparative advantages in natural resources or cheap labor? When entering the 21st century Thailand was confronted with that question, but in comparison with other East Asian countries it was also a laggard in relation to industrial technology development. Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra placed industrial upgrading high on the policy agenda. This article combines a policy cycle analysis with a political analysis. It examines the ability and willingness of the Thaksin government to design and implement an adequate and coherent set of industrial upgrading policies with a particular emphasis on implementation issues. It is argued that although many initiatives were taken during the Thaksin era, they did not add up to an adequate and coherent set of industrial upgrading policies. This was partly due to institutional legacies in the bureaucratic system but mainly a result of the logic of politics, including the nature of political coalition‐building

Bureaucracy · Economic system · Economics · Government (linguistics · Industrial policy · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prime minister · Set (abstract data type · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · Computer Science · Global trade and economics · Law · Public Administration · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies