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Earlier today I presented my paper on the “rural constitution” to a seminar in the Political Science Faculty at Chulalongkorn University (thanks to MAIDS for hosting the seminar). The reception was friendly. It was good to see Ji Ungpakorn there and I appreciated his comments about the complexity of political patronage in rural areas. Supporters [...]
A friendly reception
May 18th, 2007 by Andrew Walker · 27 Comments
Tags: Conferences · Rural Constitution · Thailand
Sufficient resentment?
May 18th, 2007 by Nicholas Farrelly · Add a Comment
They want to deal with the poor in a top-down fashion and have told them to stick with sufficiency economy while rich corporations like Chareon Pokaphan are not told the same. This administration is only interested about saving themselves so its leader [PM Surayud] can return to his job after the election as Privy Council [...]
Tags: Sufficiency Economy · Surayud regime · Thailand
Lobbying Laos for a whale of a meal
May 18th, 2007 by Nicholas Farrelly · 1 Comment
News today that Laos is attempting to join the International Whaling Commission is getting coverage all over the world. According to the Associated Press report:
The landlocked nation of Laos has agreed to join the International Whaling Commission at Japan’s request and is highly likely to support Tokyo’s high-profile pro-whaling campaign, Japanese officials said Wednesday.
Japan is [...]
Tags: Laos · Trans-Border Issues