http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2008/06/08/institutions-and-regional-development-in-southeast-asia/ New perspectives on mainland Southeast Asia Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:28:26 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2008/06/08/institutions-and-regional-development-in-southeast-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-472353 Grasshopper Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:40:35 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/?p=2421#comment-472353 Thanks, this is great. Of course, as he notes on p.81 , the UMNO crony highway facilitated the national support in Perlis. This highway was driven by elites rather than through uncorrupt capitalist (oxymoron?!) governments. For me, this sort of comparison serves more to highlight the geographies elites are interested in than prove some sort of differential between liberalised capitalism and organised capitalism. Thanks, this is great. Of course, as he notes on p.81 , the UMNO crony highway facilitated the national support in Perlis. This highway was driven by elites rather than through uncorrupt capitalist (oxymoron?!) governments. For me, this sort of comparison serves more to highlight the geographies elites are interested in than prove some sort of differential between liberalised capitalism and organised capitalism.

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