List of Figures and Tables - Notes on Contributors - Notes on Thai Names and Units of Measurement - Preface - Introduction: The Making of the Fifth Tiger: Thailand's Industrialization and Its Consequences; M.Krongkaew - PART 1: NATURE ANDEE CHARACTERISTICS OF THAI INDUSTRIALIZATION - Thai Industrialization: An Overview; M.Falkus - Contributions of Agriculture to Industrialisation;__M.Krongkaew - Export- Led Industrialization; S.Suphachalasai - Industrializing thell Service Sector, with Special Emphasis on Tourism; S.Ratanakomut - Public- Privateyy Sector Partnership in Industrialization; K.Dhiratayakinant - Rural Industrialization: Problems and Prospects; N.Poapongsakorn - PART 2: ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE INDUSTRIALIZATION PROCESS - Impact of Industrialization on Government Finance; D.Patmasiriwat - Industrialization, Financial Reform and Monetary Policy; N.Chaiyasoot - Urbanization Problems in Thailand's Rapidly-Industrializing Economy; P.J.Rimmer - Industrialization and Welfare: How Poverty and Income Distribution Are Affected?; P.Tinakorn - PART 3: IMPACT ON POLITICAL STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL VALUES - Economic Development and Democracy; C-A.Samudavanija - Changes in Social Values in the Thai Society and Economy: A Post-Industrialization Scenario; S.Komin - The Environmental Costs of Industrialization; H.Ross & S.Thadaniti - Thailand Industrialization: Implications on Health, Education and Science and Technology;S.Khoman - PART 4: THAI INDUSTRIALISATION IN REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES - External Economic Influences, Regional Cooperation and the Role of Thailand as a NIC; S.Chirathivat - A Japanese Perspective of Thailand's Industrialization; M.Sakurai - References and Selected Bibliography - Index