New Mandala

Sascha Helbardt, Rüdiger Korff and Dagmar Hellmann-Rajanyagam from the University of Passau have written a fascinating paper on authoritarianism in Thailand.  It is available online, in draft form, for the interest and comments of New Mandala readers.  Based on surveys in Yala and Narathiwat provinces they crunch some particularly instructive numbers.
And their conclusion?
Simply, those who [...]

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Back in December 1995 Sondhi Limthongkul was the subject of a long profile by Asiaweek’s Julian Gearing.  Readers looking to understand one of the more public faces of the People’s Alliance for Democracy’s (PAD) protests in Bangkok may find the following quotes from this cover-story are worth digesting:
“I’m not the type of person who likes to stash [...]

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Some people are still keen to do electoral politics.  New Mandala readers intrigued by the current Bangkok gubernatorial contest will enjoy this wide-ranging interview with Chuwit Kamolvisit.

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