When I prepared the title and the abstract for this paper in mid-September last year I had no
idea that, within days, the three-time elected Thaksin government would be overthrown by a …

From 2005 to 2014, when a military coup brought all political activity to a halt, Bangkok was
kept in near-constant turmoil by massive street demonstrations that pitted the mostly …

This paper argues that Thailand's internal colonial model is facing severe challenges: no
longer is it so possible to suppress local and regional identities, or to submerge ethnic …

This article analyses the underlying economic, social and political processes that
contributed to democratic progress in the rural areas of northeast Thailand. After the 2006 …

A new group that has evolved from the supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra following the coup
of 19 September 2006, the Red Shirts, has gradually transformed itself into a political force …

The recent protests in Thailand represent a move beyond the initial 'colour-coded'tension
between the anti-Thaksin People's Alliance for Democracy ('yellow-shirts'), and the pro …

D uring the cool and dry season of 2001, I sailed down the Mekong River on a 200-kilometer
journey beginning in southern China, passing through Burmese and Lao territory on my right …

In this chapter, the author uses the phrase 'Mae Ping Moonlight'to refer to the romantic
notions in Thailand of 'community villages' and 'community rights', first introduced by Marxian …

The problematic situation of the indigenous peoples, so-called 'hill tribes', of northern and
western Thailand is well known. 2 For most of the second half of the 20th century …

This is a reflection on the" Red Shirt" social movement in Thailand based on ethnographic
research conducted in 2007-11. Under its umbrella organization, the National United Front …