Abstract
It is the purpose of this study to examine the urbanization process in Thailand. the study will emphasize on the relationship between urbanization and varying historical context of capitalist development. All of these will bring us to the heart of the development of Thai social formation under the capitalist domination. Since the study is concerned with the political-economic issue, it is necessary to begin with the theoritical exploration of the related literatures in the context of urbanization process and development. Thus, Chapter 1 reviews the literatures relating to the concept of urbanization process and the difference between the Western experience and the reality in the Third World. Furthermore, the review will indicate the shift of the framework of urban study which has moved from the simple spatio- demographical level of analysis to the political-economic approach which will be my effort throughout this study. Thus, in the second part of Chapter 1 will examine the relationship between capitalist development and the urbanization process under the Marxist perspective. To understand more about the historical capitalist development, Chapter 2 shows how the form of capitalist economy emerged in the west have influenced the development and urbanization in the Third World. These two theoritical chapters will form the concrete analytical framework in investigate the urbanization process and underdevelopment in Thailand. Chapter 3 and 4 are organized historically, covering the pre-capitalist period (13th-the mid 19th century) and the imperialist-colonial period (the mid 19th century to the end of the Second World War). The aim of these chapters is to examine: l)the Thai traditional social formation under the Asiatic mode of productton prior to the capitalist penetration; 2) the changes in political-economic structure in relation to the urbanizat1on process, which emerged from the increasingly close relationship with the Western capitalist natoins, combined with the internal contradiction of Thai pre-capitalist derived from the struggle to survive from colonization.
Committee Chair
Gerald Guntenschwager
Committee Members
Donald C. Royse, Davis V. Bakergem
Degree
Master of Architecture (MArch)
Author's Department
Graduate School of Architecture
Document Type
Restricted Thesis
Date of Award
4-1-1985
Language
English (en)
Recommended Citation
Wachpanich, Chaiwat, "The urbanization process in Thailand under capitalism : the political economic aspect" (1985). Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design Theses & Dissertations. 53.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/samfox_arch_etds/53
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