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No Royal Road: Urban Transportation, Capitalist Development, and Monarchy in Thailand

4th June 2024 / Puangchon Unchanam / Asian Studies Review, Thailand

This post is based on a recent article published in the Asian Studies Review. The article can be read here and is currently available open access to all readers. In the age of global capitalism, instead of kings and queens, the most important actors in urban planning are supposed to be the national government, municipal leaders, bureaucrats, politicians, […]

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Complexities of Post-Disaster Recovery: An Example from Thailand

8th November 2023 / Iftekhar Ahmed, Indrajit Pal and Voravate Chonlasin / Disaster Recovery, Thailand

The crisis of recovery Disaster management agencies around the world tend to have a strong focus on post-disaster response and emergency management, and after a disaster there is typically a flurry of short-term activities to deal with the impacts. However, long-term issues associated with post-disaster recovery, particularly in the housing sector which is often most

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Looking at Asia through the lens of disability

12th July 2018 / Thushara Dibley / Cambodia, Disability, Thailand

The 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) brought together a group of scholars from around Australia and the region with a shared interest in disability in Asia. Asian studies conferences are not a usual venue for the meeting of scholars of disability, but the 2018 ASAA conference provided a unique

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No obituary yet: Thai democracy and the 1932 revolution

12th June 2017 / Arjun Subrahmanyan / Thailand

A modest plaque has disappeared from the pavement at the Royal Plaza in Thailand. Arjun Subrahmanyan considers the wider significance of its removal The recent disappearance of a plaque commemorating the 1932 revolution in Siam shows the suspicion over popular sovereignty that still prevails in the country. The event, staged by a group of commoners

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A peaceful New Year’s gift on the Cambodia–Thailand border

14th May 2017 / Marnie Feneley / Cambodia, Thailand

A small gesture holds a glimmer of hope for a more lasting peace on a troubled border, reports Marnie Feneley On a recent field trip shooting panoramic photographs at Banteay Chhmar, a temple in northern Cambodia, we decided to take a detour further north to see a temple known as Ta Muen Thom. This temple,

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What is King Bhumibol’s legacy?

17th October 2016 / Nicholas Farrelly / Thailand

The death of the world’s longest-reigning monarch, King Bhumbibol Adulyadej, on 13 October may loose forces that will energise a new round of political turmoil in Thailand The 70-year reign of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej started and ended inauspiciously. It was a family tragedy that unexpectedly brought Bhumibol to the throne. He went on to

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No Royal Road: Urban Transportation, Capitalist Development, and Monarchy in Thailand

Complexities of Post-Disaster Recovery: An Example from Thailand

Looking at Asia through the lens of disability

No obituary yet: Thai democracy and the 1932 revolution

A peaceful New Year’s gift on the Cambodia–Thailand border

What is King Bhumibol’s legacy?

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