Abstract
This essay elucidates analogies between the financial crisis in Thailand in the 1990s and the ongoing crisis in Greece by drawing on the concept of crypto-colonialism. It explores the analogies not only in the domain of the financialized infrastructure of economies, but also in the domain of racialized superstructures. Both countries experienced exceptionally rapid economic growth in the time preceding the crises, as well as increased current account deficits, but were also first to implode in the time of uncertainty. Production of subjectivities and race through political economy is elucidated as part of the disciplinary austerity mechanisms imposed in the aftermath of the crises in Greece and Thailand.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies |
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| Publication status | Published - 2 Jul 2018 |
Keywords
- Thailand
- centre
- crypto-colonialism
- Greece
- periphery
- race
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Checked for eligibility 17/09/2018 “This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies on 02/07/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/1369801X.2018.1492950