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IPolitical Change in Thailand provides an assessment of approaches to studying Thai politics, the various forces reshaping the forms of political activity and their roles in the fluid contemporary political environment. It provides a survey of the more enduring and powerful institutions such as the military, bureacracy and religion, and includes an assessment of the important but seldom scrutinized monarchy and its role in democratization. ... Read more

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This book argues that democratization is inherently international: states democratize through a process of socialization to a liberal-rational global culture.This can clearly be seen in Taiwan and Thailand, where the elites and attentive public now accept democracy as universally valid.But in China, the ruling communist party resists democratization, in part because, its leaders believe, it would lead to China's "permanent decentering" in world history.As China's power increases, the party could begin restructuring global culture by inspiring actors in other Asian countries to uphold or restore authoritarian rule. ... Read more

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This study addresses the competing histories of Thailand and Patani beginning in the fourteenth century up to the mid-twentieth century. It provides an explanation of the causes of ongoing political conflict between the Malay Muslims in the three southernmost provinces of Thailand and the Thai government, against whichseparatistmovements fought in the 1960s.Even though January 2004 marked the beginning of the current violence that now plagues Thailand's south, most people in and outside the area still believe that the nature of such conflict is internal and could be resolved peacefully. The major contention in the competing histories of Siam and Patani revolves around national policies that resulted in discrimination and destruction of the Muslim's cultural identity and rights. In the early twentieth century under the rule of King Chulalongkorn, which was characterized by centralization and cultural suppression, Patani was reduced to a mere province. Further forced assimilation occurred under the Phibun government in the 1940s at which time Islamic practices and the use of the Yawi language were curbed.The sources of political conflict -including the political status of Patani, ethnic identity, Bangkok politics, and bureaucratic misconduct in the south - have historical roots. Understanding an appreciation of each other's culture and ethno-religious identities could lead to positive political will on both sides for peaceful resolution of the conflict.This is the thirty-fifth publication in Policy Studies, a peer-reviewed East-West Center Washington series that presents scholarly analysis of key contemporary domestic and international political, economic, and strategic issues affecting Asia in a policy relevant manner. ... Read more

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Current unrest in the Malay-Muslim provinces of southern Thailand has captured growing national, regional, and international attention due to the heightened tempo and scale of rebel attacks, the increasingly jihadist undertone that has come to characterize insurgent actions, and the central government1s often brutal handling of the situation on the ground. This paper assesses the current situation and its probable direction. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Royal Institute of Thailand, Internal Security Operations Command, National Library of Thailand, National Statistical Office of Thailand, Assets Examination Committee, Port Authority of Thailand, Office of Atoms for Peace, National Economic and Social Development Board, Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand, Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology, Thailand National Coordinating Body, Software Park Thailand. Excerpt:The Assets Examination Committee (Thai: ; RTGS: Khana Kammakan Truat Sop Kan Kratham Thi Ko Hai Koet Khwam Sia Hai Kae Rat , Literal Meaning: the Committee for Inspection of Acts being Detrimental to the State), or AEC (Thai: ., RTGS: Khotoso), sometimes translated as the Assets Scrutiny Committee or ASC , is a now-defunct Thai administrative body in charge of scrutiny of assets of the Ministers in the government of Pol Lt Col Thaksin Shinawatra . The Council for National Security , a military junta that overthrown Thaksin's Government in 2006, accused those Ministers for having gained assets in a manner against the laws or detrimental to the State and set up the AEC therefor. Members Powers and Duties References (URLs online) See also (online edition) item Thaksin's speech played for demonstrators, ex-Thai PM calls for elections item Thaksin Shinawatra item Potjaman Shinawatra item Kaewsan Atibhoti item Jaruvan Maintaka item Politics of Thailand item Council for Democratic Reform item Council for National Security item 2006 Thai coup d'état item AsianLII. (n.d.). Inspection of Acts being Detrimental to the State - Announcement of the Council for Democratic Reform No. 30 - THCDR 30 (30 September 2006). . A... ... Read more

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A description of the development of a highway system in Thailand from August 1, 1960 to July 31, 1962. ... Read more

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Completely updated and revised for this new edition, our unique electronic book on two CD-ROMs has an amazing collection of the finest federal documents and resources about Thailand, providing encyclopedic coverage of all aspects of the country. This disc set provides a truly fantastic reference source, with over one hundred thousand pages reproduced in Adobe Acrobat format! There is complete coverage of newsworthy material about Thailand, including trade and doing business with Thailand, effects of the Tsunami, Avian Flu, USAID and CARAT programs, Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System, Exercise Cobra Gold, and the Counterinsurgency in Thailand.This incredible and comprehensive series on the countries of the world contains material from the State Department, Department of Defense, White House, and cabinet agencies including Agriculture, Energy, and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.There is complete information about geography, people, government, the economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.In addition to the nation-specific material, as a bonus we have included reports about every country on the globe, with 271 nations, dependent areas, and other entities identified by the Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA World Factbook is considered an invaluable "world encyclopedia" reference book.This incredible two CD-ROM set is packed with over 118,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material.Our news and educational discs are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust. ... Read more

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This text is for anyone wondering whatever happened to Thailand's vanished Marxist insurgents or interested in understanding the forces behind the mass demonstrations of peasants that periodically descend on Bangkok. Specifically, the book investigates the struggle of an important social movement in Thailand, the Small Scale Farmers' Assembly of Isan (SSFAI), and examines the role of civil society in the process of democratization. This first major work on the SSFAI demonstrates how civil society organizations in the form of social movements contribute to the democratization process in the key areas of citizenship rights. Moreover, the book also addresses two important themes in social movements research: the impacts of strategies and tactics on the outcomes of social movements, and the effect of organizational structure on movements' goals and activities. ... Read more

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An in-depth study of the most important Thai politician
Pasuk and Baker, the famous husband and wife team, have produced a very useful book about former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin. They cut through all of the bias and hyperbole and provide a fair, if sometimes harsh, assessment of the man and his government. The book features much investigative journalism into Thaksin's business relationships and allegations of corruption. This is essential reading if you want to understand modern Thai politics.

The most unbiased book of Thaksin
Pasuk is one of the most renowned economist in Thailand. Her books are mostly in English (in collarboratin with her husband, himself also a renowned thinker, Chris Baker). Now they take on a subject of Thaksin Shinawatra, arguably the most famous prime minister cum businessman in Thailand.
Most of Thaksin's biographies in Thai are, I dare say, bias. They always portray him as a white knight, a self-made billionaire, and a man with a perfect happy family, intentionally overlooking his early failure as businessman and his well-connected background. While this book has admitted that it has not been written with 100% objectivity, it turns out to be the most objective book about the subject. It sheds the up and down of his business and political life, as well as the good and bad of his policy.
One of the most revealing aspect in this book is the discussion of "Thaksinomics" and "dual track" policies, both of which make him a rising star in internatioal politics. Anyone who is interested in such subject should not miss this book at all.
However, there are flaws in this book. Foremost is that most of the inputs come from newspaper, and writers add few inputs from their thoughts. Secondly, this book wrote about in 2004, and it would miss the most landslide victory in Thai history by his party. Also, it did miss his fall because of waves of corruption scandal.
I hope that they would write a revised version, once everything is settled. ... Read more

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Kapitel: Tip Zeitung Für Thailand, Royal Thai Government Gazette, Bangkok Post, the Bangkok Recorder, Yasodhara, the Nation, Pattaya Blatt, Liste Thailändischer Zeitungen. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: The Bangkok Post is a broadsheet, English-language daily newspaper published in Bangkok, Thailand. The first issue was sold on August 1, 1946. It had four pages and cost 1 baht. The newspaper was founded by Alexander MacDonald, a former OSS officer, and his Thai associate Prasit Lulitanond. Thailand, at that time, was the only Southeast Asian country to have a Soviet Embassy, and the American embassy felt it needed an independent but pro-American paper to present its views. Thus, some sources claim the financing came directly from the State Department or possibly even the OSS itself. Nevertheless, under MacDonald's stewardship, the Bangkok Post was reasonably independent and employed many young newsmen, including Peter Arnett and T. D. Allman, who later became known internationally. In a country where media censorship is common, the Bangkok Post portrays itself as having been comparatively free. There are notable instances where this is clearly untrue and the newspaper has often been accused of self-censorship in order to avoid controversy or conflict with powerful individuals. A ubiquitous example of this is an unwillingness to criticize the Thai monarchy, which would constitute an illegal act and would, doubtlessly, be hugely unpopular as an act of lèse-majesté. Another example of self-censorship, until recent years, was an unwillingness to point out influential and corrupt individuals. Yet another example of censorship was the newspaper's failure, during the Vietnam War, to report upon forays from U.S. Air Force bases in Thailand over North Vietnam and Cambodia. At the time none of these missions received coverage in the local press. Alex MacDonald left Thailand after a military coup in the 1950s, and the newspaper was later led by Lord Roy Thomson. The paper has since changed hands. Major shareholders in Post Publishing include the Chirathivat family (owners of Central Group), the South China Morning Post of Hong Kong and GMM Grammy Pcl, Thailand's biggest media ... Read more

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This book examines the concept of regionaldevelopment through industrial clustering and the automotive cluster inThailand emerged in 1990s as a case study to understand therelationships and factors influencing coopetition (cooperation and competition)between universities and companies in Thailand?s automotivecluster. In addition, this work proposes applicable models andways to improve the dynamics of government, universities, nationalresearch institutions and firms in order to enhance highskills, knowledge, innovation and competitiveness of the automotivecluster and industry. Based on the ideas of the knowledge economy and a?triple helix model? of relationships amonggovernment-industry-university, this study uses multiple data collection methods, including questionnaires and in-depth interviews, withdescriptive analysis to investigate the relationship among government,university and industry. ... Read more

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In this comparative, interdisciplinary study based on extensive fieldwork as well as historical sources, Janet Sturgeon examines the different trajectories of landscape change and land use among communities who call themselves Akha (known as Hani in China) in contrasting political contexts. She shows how, over the last century, processes of state formation, construction of ethnic identity, and regional security concerns have contributed to very different outcomes for Akha and their forests in China and Thailand, with Chinese Akha functioning as citizens and grain producers, and Akha in Thailand being viewed as "non-Thai" forest destroyers.

The modern nation-state grapples with local power hierarchies on the periphery of the nation, with varied outcomes. Citizenship in China helps Akha better protect a fluid set of livelihood practices that confer benefits on them and their landscape. Denied such citizenship in Thailand, Akha are helpless when forests and other resources are ruthlessly claimed by the state. Drawing on current anthropological debates on the state in Southeast Asia and more generally on debates on property theory, states and minorities, and political ecology, Sturgeon shows how people live in a continuous state of negotiated boundaries - political, social, and ecological.

This pioneering comparison of resource access and land use among historically related peoples in two nation-states will be welcomed by scholars of political ecology, environmental anthropology, ethnicity, and politics of state formation in East and Southeast Asia. ... Read more

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Doing Business And Investing in Thailand (World Business, Investment and Government Library) ... Read more