ABSTRACT

Presenting the results of seventeen months of field research, conducted entirely in the Thai language, this study describes and compares the patterns of social exchange of two groups of Thai officials: district-level bureaucrats and physicians in a provincial hospital. Dr. Haas uses a unique combination of anthropological field data and survey rese

chapter 1|19 pages

Historical Background

chapter 2|17 pages

Theoretical Perspective

chapter 4|15 pages

Incentives in the Civil Service

chapter 6|15 pages

The Physicians and Their Situation

chapter 7|27 pages

Private Practice and Public Service

chapter 8|8 pages

Summary and Conclusions