Unintended consequences: Social policy, state institutions and the 'stalling' of the Malaysian industrialization project

Economy and Society

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-102

  Henderson, Jeffrey ^a   Phillips, Richard ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Economic development; Industrialization; Labour markets; Malaysia; Migration; Social policy; State institutions

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; EXPORT; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SOCIAL POLICY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33845963837     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: 14695766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085140601089853     Document Type: Article

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