There are many cases in which the previous government was impolite to the Royal Family and to the King himself.
The Thai people cannot and will not tolerate anybody who shows even slight disrespect to the King or his family…
There was interference with many organisations, especially the independent organisations established to oversee and scrutinise the government’s [...]
Sonthi on manners and democracy
March 7th, 2007 by Nicholas Farrelly · 7 Comments
Tags: Coup · Surayud regime · Thailand · Thaksin
Localism and the “rural constitution”
March 7th, 2007 by Andrew Walker · 21 Comments
This is the second post in which I provide extracts of my recently drafted paper on local electoral culture in northern Thailand. The paper is based on ethnographic research in the village of Baan Tiam (if you are looking for statistical analysis of voting behavior you will have to look elsewhere!). In the previous post [...]
Tags: Coup · Northern Thailand · Rural Constitution · Thailand · Thaksin