New Mandala

New Mandala readers keen to follow discussion of the proposed 2008 Thai Studies conference “anti-boycott” will find value in Chutimas Suksai’s “Subversive Acts“, which was published two weeks ago.  Written from the perspective of a Thammasat graduate, she draws together many important threads.  

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I am far from an expert on the situation in southern Thailand.  All the more reason for me to read Duncan McCargo’s edited volume on Rethinking Thailand’s Southern Violence.  This is an exceptionally useful account of the recent violence in the South and a provocative analysis of its causes and origins.  As the cover indicates, Thaksin’s heavy handed [...]

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