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Internal resettlement in Laos: a response

December 14th, 2007 by Ian Baird and Bruce Shoemaker, Guest Contributors · 4 Comments

[This is a response to the New Mandala post by Holly High published on 3 December 2007.]
Considering internal resettlement and international aid agencies in Laos: a response to Holly High’s critique of Ian Baird and Bruce Shoemaker’s research
While we appreciate that Holly High has taken note of our research regarding internal resettlement and international aid agencies in [...]

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Tags: Focus on Laos · Laos

The heart of political struggle

December 14th, 2007 by Andrew Walker · 11 Comments

Last night the special issue of the Journal of Contemporary Asia on the coup was launched at the Foreign Correspondent’s Club of Thailand.  Here is the speech given by one of the editors, Kevin Hewison:
The last time the Journal of Contemporary Asia produced a special issue on Thailand was in 1978, it was a response to [...]

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Tags: Coup · Publications · Rural Constitution · Thaksin