Recently added articles from NIAS Nytt:
The art of (considering) the possible
Dec 01, 2007; Kivimäki, Timo ... For more than 20 years, Southeast Asia has been a laboratory of military politics, democratization, and drastic political change. Stable but violent authoritarian military and civilian governments have had to step down abruptly (Suharto 1998; Marcos 1986, for example). The dominance of the ...
Debating Thailand's September 2006 military coup d'état
Dec 01, 2007; Schmidt, Johannes Dragsbaek; Ivarsson, Søren ... On the night of September 19, with Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaking at the UN in New York, a faction of Thailand's military led by General Sonthi Boonyaratglin staged a bloodless coup, suspended the constitution, and declared martial law. The new junta pledged allegiance to King ...
Thai politics beyond the 2006 coup
Dec 01, 2007; Phongpaichit, Pasuk ... The keywords of political debate of the 1990s were terms like civil society, rights and freedoms, participation, and reform. By contrast, the keywords of the 2000s have included authoritarianism, exclusion, coup, nominee, security, violence and reconciliation.* What has happened, and ...
Coup, capital and confrontation in the late Thaksin era
Dec 01, 2007; Pathmanand, Ukrist ... The conventional perception of a military coup d'état refers to a military faction or individual seizing power for selfish, often anti-democratic reasons. The Thai coup d'état of 1991 and 2006, which overthrew the democratically elected governments of General Chatichai Choonhavan and Thaksin ...
The coup and the South
Dec 01, 2007; McCargo, Duncan ... On 16 September 2006, I attended a military-sponsored event at the Yala Provincial Mosque, attended by hundreds of Malay Muslims carrying small Thai flags to show their loyalty to the Thai state (some, it must be noted, had been paid to attend). After the ceremony, I spoke to the army general in ...
The great power game and Thai military rule
Dec 01, 2007; Schmidt, Johannes Dragsbaek ... There is a variety of suggestions trying to explain why the Thai military decided, in 2006, to stage the 18th coup in 75 years. Some point to corruption and declining growth and investment rates, others to the security problems in the South. A third explanation has tried to relate the coup to ...
Thaksin the orphan, and the King: Contested moral leadership as seen by poor Buddhist Karen
Dec 01, 2007; Gravers, Mikael ... Thaksin is still popular among the poor in Thailand and many Karen voted for him. They saw in him a leader of high moral standing - with qualities as defined in Buddhist ethics. Moreover, he acted as a strong leader and fulfilled his promises. The Buddhist Karen now consider him an orphan: in ...
2007 Nordic NIAS Council Annual Conference
Dec 01, 2007; Kent, Alexandra ... 'Culture and the configuring of security: using Asian perspectives to inform theoretical direction' The Nordic NIAS Council (NNC) annual conference was held this year at Frostavallen Hotel, Höör in Sweden. The organizing committee included Professor Roger Greatrex and Dr Helle Rydstrøm ...
King, coup and sufficiency economy: The quest for political legitimacy
Dec 01, 2007; Ivarsson, Søren ... Seventy-five years ago civilian and military leaders overthrew the absolute monarchy in Thailand and took over political leadership in the name of democracy and constitutionalism. The first generation of political leaders (those who had taken part in the overthrow) did not rely on the symbolism ...
New and recent NIAS books on Thailand
Dec 01, 2007; Anonymous ... Women and Politics in Thailand Continuity and Change Edited by Kazuki Iwanaga First study in English to analyse in detail the position of women in Thai politics. Full details opposite. Democracy and National Identity in Thailand Michael Kelly ...
Creating Laos
Dec 01, 2007; Anonymous ... Creating Laos The Making of a Lao Space between Indochina and Siam, 1860-1945 Søren Ivarsson NIAS Monographs, 112 December 2007, 250 pp., illus. Hbk * 978-87-7694-022-5 * £35, 67 The existence of Laos today is taken for granted. But crystallization of a Lao national idea and ultimate ...
Childbirth and Tradition in Northeast Thailand
Dec 01, 2007; Anonymous ... Childbirth and Tradition in Northeast Thailand Forty Years of Development and Cultural Change Anders Poulsen NIAS Monographs, 109 September 2007, xvii + 268 pp., illus. Pbk * 978-87-7694-003-4 * £18.99, $35 This beautifully illustrated volume offers a rare study of Isan-Thai customs and ...
Women and Politics in Thailand
Dec 01, 2007; Anonymous ... Women and Politics in Thailand Continuity and Change Edited by Kazuki Iwanaga Women and Politics in Asia, 1 December 2007, 300 pp. Hbk * 978-87-91114-34-2 * £40, $55 Pbk * 978-87-91114-35-9 * £13.99, $22 This volume, with contributions from some of the leading scholars in the field, ...
Power, Resistance and Women Politicians in Cambodia
Dec 01, 2007; Anonymous ... Power, Resistance and Women Politicians in Cambodia Discourses of Emancipation Mona Lilja NIAS Monographs, 108 December 2007, 224 pp., illus. Hbk * 978-87-91114-71-7 * £40, $70 Pbk * 978-87-7694-020-1 * £16.99, $30 In a world where there are few women politicians, Cambodia is still ...