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Author Brown, Andrew, 1953-

Title Labour, politics, and the state in industrializing Thailand / Andrew Brown
Published London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 174 pages)
Series RoutledgeCurzon/City University of Hong Kong Southeast Asian studies ; 1
RoutledgeCurzon/City University of Hong Kong South East Asian studies ; 1
Contents Monarchs, workers, and struggles for a voice -- The 1932 coup d'état, political volatility, and labour's fluctuating fortunes -- Radicalism, shifting alliances, and managing labour's political space -- Capitalist expansion, regime dynamics, and the rise of enterprise unionism -- Export-oriented industrialization, battles for the state, and the disorganization of organized labour -- Organizing labour in the 1990s: crisis and continuing struggles for a political voice
Summary This book focuses on how the state has become entangled in the processes through which workers have been organized, reorganized and disorganized as social and political actors in different historical periods
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-166) and index
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Subject Working class -- Thailand -- History -- 20th century
Labor unions -- Thailand -- History -- 20th century
Labor unions -- Political activity -- Thailand -- History -- 20th century
Industrialization -- Thailand -- History -- 20th century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
Industrialization
Labor unions
Labor unions -- Political activity
Working class
Thailand
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0203505778
9780203505779
9781134366842
1134366841
9781134366835
1134366833