Contents>> Vol. 12, Supplementary Issue Disguised Republic and Virtual Absolutism: Two Inherent Conflicting Tendencies in the Thai Constitutional Monarchy* Kasian Tejapira** *This is a translated transcript of my keynote speech “สาธารณรัฐจำแลงกับเสมือนสัมบูรณาญาสิทธิ์: 2 แนวโน้มฝังแฝงที่ขัดแย้งกันในระบอบราชาธิปไตยภายใต้รัฐธรรมนูญไทย,” originally given in Thai for the 14th International Conference on Thai Studies organized by the Center for […]
SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES: Special Issues and Special Focuses
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Contents>> Vol. 12, Supplementary Issue The Thai Middle Class and the Dynamics and Power of Conservative Ideology in Thai Society and Politics* Saichol Sattayanurak** *This article is part of a research project titled “Changes of Thought, Value Systems, and Emotional Regimes of the Thai Middle Class, 1957–2017,” supported by Thailand […]
Contents>> Vol. 12, Supplementary Issue State Modernization vs. Social Development: Two Directions in Thailand’s Development Suehiro Akira* *末廣 昭, Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo e-mail: asuehiro0830(at)gmail.com DOI: 10.20495/seas.12.SupplementaryIssue_5 Following the currency crisis in 1997, Thailand has employed two different approaches to respond to external shocks to its economy. The first […]
Contents>> Vol. 12, Supplementary Issue FOREWORD DOI: 10.20495/seas.12.SupplementaryIssue_3 We are honored and grateful to present to you this special issue. The three papers were originally keynote speeches given at the 14th International Conference on Thai Studies (ICTS14), which was held online from Kyoto University on April 29–May 1, 2022. ICTS […]
Published in December, 2023 CONTENTS Thailand at a Global Turning Point Guest Editor: Hayami Yoko Foreword ・・・ Hayami YokoNathan Badenoch We are honored and grateful to present to you this special issue. The three papers were originally keynote speeches given at the 14th International Conference on Thai Studies (ICTS14), which […]
Published in April, 2023 CONTENTS Special Focus Environment and Public Welfare in the Creation and Development of Economic Infrastructure in Southeast Asia, c. 1800–1930: Currency Supply, Forest Control, and Rail Transport Guest Editor: Ota Atsushi Introduction ・・・ Ota Atsushi The Nguyễn Dynasty’s Government Purchase System in the First Half of […]
Published in August, 2021 CONTENTS Faces of Local Transformation: Policy Coalitions and Socio-economic Development in the Philippines Guest Editor: Takagi Yusuke Editorial Note ・・・ Takagi Yusuke Policy Making after Revolution: The Faces of Local Transformation of the Philippines ・・・ Takagi Yusuke Rise of “Business-Friendly” Local Elite Rule in the Philippines: […]
Published in August, 2020 CONTENTS Stories across Borders: Myths of Origin and Their Contestation in the Borderlands of South and Southeast Asia Guest Editors: Monica JANOWSKI and Erik DE MAAKER Borderland Narratives ・・・ Erik DE MAAKER Monica JANOWSKI Narrating Loss and Differentiation: Lahu Origin Stories on the Margins of Burma, […]
Published in December, 2018 CONTENTS Divides and Dissent: Malaysian Politics 60 Years after Merdeka Guest Editor: Khoo Boo Teik Preface ・・・ KHOO Boo Teik Introduction: A Moment to Mull, a Call to Critique ・・・ KHOO Boo Teik Ethnicity and Class: Divides and Dissent in Malaysian Studies ・・・ ABDUL RAHMAN Embong […]
Published in April, 2018 CONTENTS Rereading Leftist Writings from Southeast Asia Guest Editor: Jafar SURYOMENGGOLO Introduction ・・・ Jafar SURYOMENGGOLO Blood-Brothers: The Communist Party of the Philippines and the Partai Komunis Indonesia ・・・ Ramon GUILLERMO Polytechnicians and Technocrats: Sources, Limits, and Possibilities of Student Activism in 1970s Singapore ・・・ LOH Kah […]
Published in August, 2017 CONTENTS Rural Northeast Thailand in Transition: Recent Changes and Their Implications for the Long-Term Transformation of the Region Guest Editors: Kono Yasuyuki, ARUNEE Promkhambut, and A. Terry Rambo Introduction ・・・ KONO Yasuyuki ARUNEE Promkhambut A. Terry RAMBO The Agrarian Transformation in Northeastern Thailand: A Review of […]
Published in December, 2016 CONTENTS Special Focus Global Powers and Local Resources in Southeast Asia: Political and Social Dynamics of Foreign Investment Ventures Guest Editor: Morishita Akiko Introduction ・・・ MORISHTA Akiko Economic Development via Dam Building: The Role of the State Government in the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy and […]