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Author : Hans-Dieter Bechstedt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Identity and Authority in Thailand written by Hans-Dieter Bechstedt and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Kelly Connors
Publisher : NIAS Press
ISBN 13 : 8776940020
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (769 download)
Download or read book Democracy and National Identity in Thailand written by Michael Kelly Connors and published by NIAS Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and updated edition of the widely praised Democracy and National Identity in Thailand provides readers with a fascinating discussion of how debates about democracy and national identity in Thailand have evolved from the period of counter-insurgency in the 1960s to the current period. Focusing on state and civil society centered democratic projects, Connors uses original Thai language sources to trace how the Thai state developed a democratic ideology that meshed with idealized notions of Thai identity, focusing on the monarchy. The book moves on to explore how non-state actors have mobilized notions of democracy and national identity in their battle against authoritarian rule. It also invites readers to explore democratic ideology as a form of power aimed at creating ideal citizens able to support elite national projects.
Author : Michael Kelly Connors
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415272300
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (152 download)
Download or read book Democracy and National Identity in Thailand written by Michael Kelly Connors and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book will be fascinating reading for Southeast Asia specialists, and researchers on democratization, national identity and the politics of Thailand."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Craig J. Reynolds
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book National Identity and Its Defenders written by Craig J. Reynolds and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of this book was hailed as original and challenging in its analyses of Thai national identity. The topic is today no less worthy of discussion and comment. The essays boldly offer insights into the formation of Thai identity from the perspectives of history, political science, anthropology, linguistics, social psychology, human geography, and media and religious studies. Written in the aftermath of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, a new chapter reflects on the way older concepts of Thai identity were transformed by the economic boom as well as by the financial crisis that followed. Topics include the debates among public intellectuals about the perils and opportunities of globalization, the dynamic relationship between local and global knowledge, and perceived challenges to Thailand's sovereignty, all of which have deep roots in the country's modern history.
Author : Koompong Noobanjong
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1581122012
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (811 download)
Download or read book Power, Identity, and the Rise of Modern Architecture written by Koompong Noobanjong and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation examines the evolution of Western and Modern architecture in Siam and Thailand. It illustrates how various architectural ideas have contributed to the physical design and spatial configuration of places associated with negotiation and allocation of political power, which are throne halls, parliaments, and government and civic structures since the 1850s.
Author : Neil A. Englehart
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501719114
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Culture and Power in Traditional Siamese Government written by Neil A. Englehart and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A broad reevaluation of Siam's political culture as it existed prior to King Chulalongkorn's administrative reforms in the nineteenth century. Englehart offers evidence to show that traditional Siamese government functioned more effectively and rationally than most scholars have acknowledged.
Author : Yoshinori Nishizaki
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501732552
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Political Authority and Provincial Identity in Thailand written by Yoshinori Nishizaki and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The powerful Thai politician Banharn Silpa-archa has been disparaged as a corrupt operator who for years channeled excessive state funds into developing his own rural province. This book reinterprets Banharm's career and offers a detailed portrait of the voters who support him. Relying on extensive interviews, the author shows how Banharm's constituents have developed a strong provincial identity based on their pride in his advancement of their province, Suphanburi, which many now call "Banharm-buri," the place of Banharm. Yoshinori Nishizaki's analysis challenges simplistic perceptions of rural Thai voters and raises vital questions about contemporary democracy in Thailand. Yoshinori Nishizaki's close and thorough examination of the numerous public construction projects sponsored and even personally funded by Banharn clearly illustrates this politician’s canny abilities and tireless, meticulous oversight of his domain. Banharn’s constituents are aware that Suphanburi was long considered a "backward" province by other Thais—notably the Bangkok elite. Suphanburians hold the neglectful central government responsible for their province’s former sorry condition and humiliating reputation. Banharn has successfully identified himself as the antithesis to the inefficient central state by promoting rapid "development" and advertising his own role in that development through well-publicized donations, public ceremonies, and visits to the sites of new buildings and highways. Much standard literature on rural politics and society in Thailand and other democratizing countries in Southeast Asia would categorize this politician as a typical "strongman," the boss of a semiviolent patronage network that squeezes votes out of the people. That standard analysis would utterly fail to recognize and understand the grassroots realities of Suphanburi that Nishizaki has captured in his study. This compassionate, well-grounded analysis challenges simplistic perceptions of rural Thai voters and raises vital questions about contemporary democracy in Thailand.
Author : Yoshinori Nishizaki
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780877277835
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (778 download)
Download or read book Political Authority and Provincial Identity in Thailand written by Yoshinori Nishizaki and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The powerful Thai politician Banharn Silpa-archa has been disparaged as a corrupt operator who for years channeled excessive state funds into developing his own rural province. This book reinterprets Banharm's career and offers a detailed portrait of the voters who support him. Relying on extensive interviews, the author shows how Banharm's constituents have developed a strong provincial identity based on their pride in his advancement of their province, Suphanburi, which many now call "Banharm-buri," the place of Banharm. Yoshinori Nishizaki's analysis challenges simplistic perceptions of rural Thai voters and raises vital questions about contemporary democracy in Thailand. Yoshinori Nishizaki's close and thorough examination of the numerous public construction projects sponsored and even personally funded by Banharn clearly illustrates this politician's canny abilities and tireless, meticulous oversight of his domain. Banharn's constituents are aware that Suphanburi was long considered a "backward" province by other Thais--notably the Bangkok elite. Suphanburians hold the neglectful central government responsible for their province's former sorry condition and humiliating reputation. Banharn has successfully identified himself as the antithesis to the inefficient central state by promoting rapid "development" and advertising his own role in that development through well-publicized donations, public ceremonies, and visits to the sites of new buildings and highways. Much standard literature on rural politics and society in Thailand and other democratizing countries in Southeast Asia would categorize this politician as a typical "strongman," the boss of a semiviolent patronage network that squeezes votes out of the people. That standard analysis would utterly fail to recognize and understand the grassroots realities of Suphanburi that Nishizaki has captured in his study. This compassionate, well-grounded analysis challenges simplistic perceptions of rural Thai voters and raises vital questions about contemporary democracy in Thailand.
Author : Ross King
Publisher : NUS Press
ISBN 13 : 9814722278
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book Heritage and Identity in Contemporary Thailand written by Ross King and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heritage and Identity in Contemporary Thailand explores the intersections of memory, place, power and tourism in the production of Thai heritage and identity. The author shows that underlying officially promulgated ideas is a much deeper, richer and sometimes darker substratum of memories and practices that both undermine and enrich conventional ideas of Thailand as a Kingdom, a nation and a culture. The book views Thai culture and its heritage from a variety of perspectives that are derived from the work of Thai scholars but refracted through a more Western epistemology and its attendant critical theory. Through a juxtaposition of Thai and Western critical scholarship, it highlights key elements of Thai identity or, more accurately, the diversity of Thai identities. In the process, the book raises questions about both Thai and Western thinking about knowledge and its production.
Author : Chee Kiong Tong
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Alternate Identities written by Chee Kiong Tong and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2001 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first of the Asian Social Science Series, this book explores the question: Who are the Chinese in Thailand? Are they 'assimilated Thais' or are they 'Chinese' living in Thailand? Does their being 'in' Thailand make them 'of' Thailand? Anthropologists and sociologists have debated these issues for decades. Through a collection of authoritative essays, this book explores how the Chinese of Thailand constantly alternate their positions within the fabric of the Thai society. It captures the multiple faces of identity within a web of interlocking forces and influences such as religion, class, politics, gender and generation. For those seeking the composite image of what it means to be a Chinese, this book holds up many intriguing mirrors.
Author : Charles F. Keyes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136827250
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)
Download or read book Cultural Crisis and Social Memory written by Charles F. Keyes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores social memory in the context of cultural crises of modernity in Thailand and Laos. It explicates the ways in which social memory constructed by the people enters modernity, and how this in turn causes fundamental ruptures with their past, as well as the various ways cultural crises are experienced in their lives. The essays in this book consider how in these crises the people constitute their cultural, social, or individual identities, particularly focusing on the theoretical issues of identifications and their relevance to distinct historical processes in Thailand and Laos. Both countries, particularly in the two decades since the 1970s, have been undergoing radical social and economic changes. Whilst Thailand has travelled down the road to industrialization, neighbouring Laos experienced a communist revolution in 1975 and only since the late 1980s has attempted to follow a reformist path to development. Increasingly influenced by globalised economic and social institutions, both countries have come to face crises that have made people insecure in the present and anxious about the future.
Author : Leslie Ann Jeffrey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Sex and Borders written by Leslie Ann Jeffrey and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wilailuck Suvachittanont
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (953 download)
Download or read book The Role of Thai Identity in the 1997 Crisis and Beyond written by Wilailuck Suvachittanont and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation is about the role of Thai identity in the crisis that occurred in Thailand after 1997. My contention is that Thai identity is deeply intertwined in that crisis in many ways, most significantly in terms of perceptions of its causes and of its possible solutions. I have argued that even though the notion of a unified Thai identity is widely held among Thai people, what that identity is has changed over time and continues to be struggled over. To explain this connection I consider the unique character of Thai identity. The Thai notion of a fixed Thai identity is strongly supported by Buddhism and monarchical and government policies. At the same time, it has been defined and shaped by variety of groups from time to time for a variety of reasons, especially in the crisis. Using arguments from print news media demonstrates that positive and negative concepts of "Thainess" or Thai identity (Thai/un-Thai) play a role in the crisis. I focus on two main positions in the media that account for the crisis. First, globalization is blamed. Second, some Thai values and practices are blamed. In response to the crisis, Thai businesses and industries, governments and political parties refigure and make use of older tensions over Thai identity in terms of three figures of businesses: multinational corporations and the IMF, indigenous or local businesses, and Thai-based franchises. These three players reveal that Thainess or Thai identity plays an important role in shaping the future of Thailand. Given the significance of what is at stake for Thailand, especially since the crisis, these debates involving Thai identity promise to continue.
Author : Michael Kelly Connors
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415272300
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (152 download)
Download or read book Democracy and National Identity in Thailand written by Michael Kelly Connors and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book will be fascinating reading for Southeast Asia specialists, and researchers on democratization, national identity and the politics of Thailand."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Glen Lewis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134217668
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)
Download or read book Virtual Thailand written by Glen Lewis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-05-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by an established expert on Thailand, this is one of the first books to fully investigate the Thai media’s role during the Thaksin government’s first term. Incorporating political economy and media theory, the book provides a unique insight into globalization in Southeast Asia, analyzing the role of communications and media in regional cultural politics. Examining the period from the mid 1990s, Lewis makes a sustained comparison between Thailand and its neighbouring countries in relation to the media, business, politics and popular culture. Covering issues including business development, tourism, the Thai movie industry and the war on terror, the book argues that globalization as it relates to media, can be patterned on Thai experiences.
Author : Don F. Selby
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812295102
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Human Rights in Thailand written by Don F. Selby and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2018-04-04 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Thai state violently suppressed a massive prodemocracy protest in "Black May," 1992, it initiated an unprecedented period in Thailand. The military, shamed and chagrined, withdrew from political life, and the democracy movement had more latitude than ever before in Thailand's history, gaining an institutional presence previously unseen. This extraordinary moment created a unique opportunity for the human rights movement to emerge, for the first time, on a national scale in Thailand. Don F. Selby examines this era of Thai political history to determine how and why the time was ripe for such developments. By placing greater emphasis on human rights as an anthropological concern, he focuses on the understandings that social actors draw from human rights struggles. He concludes that what gave emergent human rights in Thailand their shape, force, and trajectories are the ways that advocates engaged, contested, or reworked debates around Buddhism in its relationship to rule and social structure; political struggle in relation to a narrative of Thai democracy that disavowed egalitarian movements; and traditional standards of social stratification and face-saving practices. In this way, human rights ideals in Thailand emerge less from global-local translation and more as a matter of negotiation within everyday forms of sociality, morality, and politics.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Thailand in the 90s written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
