Contents -- Abbreviations -- Romanizations -- TAIWAN -- EAST CHINA -- THAILAND -- THE PHILIPPINES -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Introduction: What Politics Aids Booms? -- LIBERAL MONEY POLITICS -- LOCAL NONSTATE AUTONOMIES IN FOUR RICE COUNTRIES -- RICE REFORMS -- FAMILY-LIKE SMEs -- EXPLAINING CAUSES OF LOCAL DYNAMISM -- NONSTATE LEADERS FOR CREATIVITY OR STABILITY? -- COMPARISONS WITH ALTERNATIVE VIEWS -- LOCAL PATH DEPENDENCE AND BRINGING ALL POLITICS "BACK IN" -- GROUP IDENTITIES IN BOOM TIMES -- GROWTH HAPPENS WHEN LEADERS OF THE EFFECTIVE SIZES OF COLLECTIVITY WANT IT -- ELECTIONS AS ECONOMIC FACTORS AND RESULTS -- BOOMS AND GREED IN LOCAL POLITICS -- METHODS -- Chapter 2 Political Roots of Taiwan's Boom -- THE POLITICAL INDUSTRIALIZATION OF TAIWAN'S RURAL ELITE -- LAND AND LOCALIZATION -- POLITICAL MODELS OF DEVELOPMENT: THE TAIWAN VARIANT -- RESOURCE SHORTAGE ALSO SHAPED THE POLITICS OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT -- EXPORT PROMOTION THEN SHAPES THE POLITICS OF SME DEVELOPMENT -- "ETHNIC" COOPERATION DURING TAIWAN'S BOOM -- SMALL FIRMS AS TAIWAN'S DYNAMO -- NONSTATE AND STATE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SMEs -- FAMILY HEAD AUTONOMY AS AN EXISTENTIAL ECONOMIC MOTIVE -- FAST GROWTH WITH INCOME LEVELLING: A RESULT OF SME-STATE SEPARATION -- LOYALTY TO PROSPERITY -- Chapter 3 Political Roots of East China's Boom -- GREEN REVOLUTION, GRAIN TAXES, AND POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR RURAL LEADERS -- THE ECONOMIC RESULTS OF MORE LOCAL AUTONOMY -- NONSTATE COMPETITION WITH THE STATE -- URBAN RESULTS OF RURAL CHANGE: UNINTENDED DUAL PRICING AND LESS PLANNING -- CENTRAL DEBATES AND LOCAL ACTION -- UNENFORCEABLE CONTRACTS REPLACE UNENFORCEABLE PLANS -- MOTIVES AND PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THE RURAL INDUSTRIALISTS -- THE EFFECTS OF PROPERTY LABELS ON CREDIT -- THE EFFECT OF PROPERTY LABELS ON PERMISSIONS, TECHNOLOGY, AND PROFITS -- THE MID-BOOM FLOW OF THE GUAHU TIDE.

ZHEJIANG AS CHINA'S MOST CAPITALIST PROVINCE -- GEOGRAPHICAL ISOLATION AND MARKET AUTONOMY IN SOUTH ZHEJIANG -- EXAMPLES OF LEADERSHIP IN BUSINESS -- UNDER-REPORTING AND FAKE PRODUCTS IN THE BOOM -- EXISTENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND NETWORK NODES IN THE BOOM -- Chapter 4 Political Roots of Thailand's Boom -- A STATE SO IDEALLY CENTRALIST, IT ALLOWS PERIPHERAL FREEDOMS -- THAI REASONS FOR KEEPING CLASSIC LONG-STALK RICE -- VILLAGES, MACHINES, AND OFFICIAL NEGLECT -- IMPORT SUBSTITUTION, COMPETITIVE LABOR CONTROL FOR EXPORTS, AND GROWTH OUTSIDE BANGKOK -- DEVELOPMENT IN A NON-DEVELOPMENTAL STATE -- THE BOOM'S HIGH TIDE -- IDEAL CENTRALISM AND "DEMOCRATIC" DECENTRALIZATION -- REGIONAL ASPECTS OF THAI POLITICS, BEFORE AND DURING THE BOOM -- SINO-THAI SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES -- ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INDIVIDUALISM, SKILLS, AND NETWORKS -- THE THAI IDENTITY OF SINO-THAI ENTREPRENEURS -- PERIODS OF DISCRIMINATION -- SINO-THAI FIRMS' FOUNDINGS AND CONSTANT MARKET SEARCHES -- COERCION AND CAPITAL IN RURAL FIRMS -- GEOGRAPHICAL CULTURES OF "CIVIL" AND BUSINESS SOCIETY -- LABOR-CAPITAL FEUDS AND POLITICAL MODERNIZATION -- MEDIA AND BUSINESS FEDERATIONS -- Chapter 5 Political Roots of Philippine Stasis -- THE POLITICAL PUZZLE IN PHILIPPINE PLACES -- LOCAL POLITICS FOR ECONOMIC INVOLUTION -- FLASHBACK ON EARLY DEMOCRACY THAT CONCENTRATED LOCAL NONSTATE POWER -- THE POLITICS OF RICE AS AN UNPROFITABLE CROP -- REFORMS, INDEBTEDNESS, AND NON-MANAGER KLEPTOCRATS -- RICE REFORM AND POLITICAL PATRONAGE -- CULTIVATING RICE AS A NON-ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE -- POLITICAL FAMILIES -- VIOLENCE AS A PILLAR OF NONSTATE POLITICAL LOCALISM -- DYADIC, CONFLICTING, AND FICTIVE FAMILIES -- DEBTS OF GRATITUDE -- NEW PREBENDS JOIN OLD LAND AS SOURCES OF POWER -- WEAK STATE AND PREBENDAL CORPORATIONS -- KUDETA CONFIRM THE STATE'S WEAKNESS -- DECENTRALIZATION AND PATRONISM.

MINORITIES, DISCRIMINATION, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN LARGE FIRMS -- ENTREPRENEURS AS ALIENS -- FEW SMES -- SPATIAL ASPECTS OF STAGNANT DEVELOPMENT: MIGRATIONS AND OFWs -- LOCAL POWERS AND TECHNOCRATS VS. NEW BUSINESSES OR UNIONS -- Chapter 6 Political Results of Taiwan's Boom -- TAIWAN'S ARMY AND THE DEMOCRATIC CHANGE -- LINKS AND GAPS BETWEEN STATE AND BUSINESS POLITICAL NETWORKS -- ELECTIONS, FACTIONS, AND THE BUSINESS OF POLITICS -- LOYALTIES AND ISSUES IN TAIWAN'S POLITICS: A MODERNIZING BALANCE -- FORMAL DEMOCRATIZATION ON TAIWAN: SPARK AND LONG-TERM FACTORS -- ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL GROWTH -- SOCIOPOLITICAL CLASSES IN TAIWAN -- BOOMS AND ETHNIC PRIDE -- EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ISSUES FOR DEMOCRATIC DEBATE -- LABOR POLITICS ON TAIWAN -- THE CORRUPTION ISSUE: LINKS AND ORIGINS IN DEMOCRATIC CONFLICT -- TAIWAN'S VOTING SYSTEM AND FEISTY POLITICS -- MATURATION IN TAIWAN'S DEMOCRATIC POLITICS -- SEPARATIONS OF POWER IN TAIWAN'S GOVERNMENT, MEDIA, AND PUBLIC -- Chapter 7 Political Results of East China's Boom -- MIGRANT WORKERS AND THE POLITICAL REDEFINITION OF CITIES -- "COMMUNIST" CAPITALISTS: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SUNAN AND WENZHOU -- THE ROLE OF SHARE SALES IN PRIVATIZING PUBLIC PROPERTY -- AGENCIES ARMED FOR PROFITS -- BRIBES AND "FACE TAXES" -- CHINESE MIDDLE-CLASS LIBERALISM? -- "CIVIL SOCIETY" AND GOVERNMENT DURING THE BOOM -- ELECTIONS -- THE POLITICAL BOOM AND CHINA'S FUTURE -- Chapter 8 Political Results of Thailand's Boom -- ETHNIC, GEOGRAPHICAL, AND OCCUPATIONAL CHANGE AMONG POLITICIANS -- THE PARTIAL DECLINE OF THE MILITARY VETO -- BUSINESSMEN TAKE POWER -- THE BOOM'S CONFUSION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INTERESTS -- EVIDENCE AND MEASURES OF CORRUPTION -- VIOLENCE -- THE ARMY AND POLICE IN CENTRAL POLITICS -- LOCAL PATRONISM -- BOSSES, ELECTIONS, AND VOTE-BUYING -- PARTICIPATION AND CORRUPTION.

BANGKOK REFORMERS AND MEDIA VS. PROVINCIAL MINISTERS AND MONEY -- THE TRADITION OF CONSTITUTIONAL FIXES -- CONSTITUTIONAL EFFECTS OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS -- THE POPULIST PERSISTENCE OF A PORK POLITICIAN -- THE PSEUDO-POPULISM OF A NATIONAL NAKLENG -- DEMOCRATIC KLEPTOCRACY -- MIDDLE-CLASS MODERN POLITICS IN THAILAND'S FUTURE? -- DEMOCRATIC DELAY -- Chapter 9 Political Results of Philippine Stasis -- MARCOS'S CENTRALIZATION ATTEMPT -- NONSTATE INSTITUTIONS IN THE CORAZON AQUINO PRESIDENCY -- RESTORING DISINTEGRATION: MILITARY AND STRUCTURAL CAUSES -- LOCALISM -- WEIGHING PORK -- TAX EVASION, LICENSING, AND RACKETEERING -- EFFORTS TO CONTROL CORRUPTION -- THE INTEGRITY OF ELECTIONS -- VOTE INDUCEMENTS -- CHARISMA IN CANDIDATES -- ELECTIONS AS FIESTAS -- TRAPOS REMAIN STRONG -- ELITES' ASSETS AND CHARTER CHANGES -- POLITICAL PARTIES AS FEUDING FAMILIES -- PRE-INDUSTRIAL POLITICS TRUMPS PLATFORMS -- LINGUISTIC, REGIONAL, RELIGIOUS, OR IDEOLOGICAL GROUPS -- SOCIOPOLITICAL CAPITAL AND GOVERNANCE QUALITY -- CLASSES AND STATUS GROUPS -- FUTURE NONSTATE INDUSTRIALIZATION AND STATE DEMOCRATIZATION -- Chapter 10 Conclusion: Do Booms Aid Democracy? -- CORRUPTION AS A SUBSET OF MONEY POLITICS -- COERCIVE CONTROLS OF CORRUPTION -- MONEY CHANGES FACTIONS INTO MODERN POWER NETWORKS -- IS DEMOCRACY AN INTENTION, A RESULT - OR BOTH? -- BOOMS AFFECT ELITE DECISIONS -- POSTMODERN DEMOCRATIZATION? -- ARMED AGENCIES' AMBITIONS -- WHEN ARE MIDDLE-INCOME PEOPLE LIBERAL? -- THE SPECIFIC DIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC AGENTS -- DEMOCRATIC DEFICIENCIES AND HOPES OF LEGITIMATE CONFLICT -- THE MODERN FEUD: CAPITAL VS. LABOR -- WHAT MAKES A STATE STRONG ENOUGH TO MEDIATE CONFLICT FAIRLY? -- TOWARD A POLITICAL SCIENCE THAT INCLUDES NONSTATE CHANGE -- TOWARD A POLITICAL SCIENCE THAT INCLUDES SPECIFIC RESEARCH ON PLACES -- Sources -- SOURCES ON TAIWAN -- SOURCES ON CHINA.

SOURCES ON THAILAND -- SOURCES ON THE PHILIPPINES -- COMPARATIVE ASIAN SOURCES -- GLOBALIST SOURCES (MANY ABOUT DEMOCRACY, SMES, & CORRUPTION) -- SOURCES SHOWING METHODS TO FIND TRUTH ABOUT POLITICS -- Name Index -- Subject Index.