Product Description: This book examines the recent rapid economic expansion in Thailand, and in Southeast Asia more generally. In a highly original argument, Unger considers the unique organization of Thai society, and the impact this has had on the country's institutions, and their political and economic outcomes...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book asks why some countries have responded to the external constraints and opportunities posed by their global and regional economic context by opening up their economies. In particular, the authors examine the role domestic political and economic factors play in shaping the decision to become more open, or more inward-looking...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Who contributes to alliances and why? Is a state's relative capabilities the major factor in determining participation? How do perceived threats, dependence on other alliance members, domestic politics and learned experience from analogous situations matter? For the most part, questions like these have been answered by using NATO as the example...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)