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Anti-democracy in Thailand

November 10th, 2008 by Andrew Walker · 36 Comments

This essay, by Thongchai Winichakul, was circulated recently on the Thailand-Laos-Cambodia (TLC) email list.
Anti-democracy in Thailand
Thongchai Winichakul, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thailand is facing one of its biggest threats to its still-fledgling democracy. The anti-democratic movement led by the militant People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) – a misnomer if ever there was one – [...]

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New Mandala in the ANU Reporter

November 10th, 2008 by Nicholas Farrelly · Add a Comment

The ANU Reporter recently published a short essay by Andrew and I on the merits of academic blogging as an alternative to traditional “peer review”.  It is available here.

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Tags: Asian Studies · Online Issues