POLI 474 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Personalism, Elective Affinities, Wage War
15 Apr 2018
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Strong institutions are the political foundations for equitable development because they ensure that public interests supersede private interests. Central to the political of social reform must be the creation of institutions that are centered on representing collective goals rather than personalistic ones. Structured comparison of two relatively similar countries in south east asia: malaysia and thailand: malaysia has done significantly better than thailand in achieving equitable development. Then puts the comparison of these two within a broader framework of two others southeast asian cases, the philippines (lower success than thailand) and vietnam (similar to malaysia). Social policy may have been the instrument that has made growth at all possible. Its bureaucracy has stimulated high growth rates but has remained largely aloof with respect to the concerns of the popular sector. Strong institutions - especially institutionalized parties and effective interventionist states - are thus key to the pursuit of equitable development.
