Thailand's Political Peasants Power in the Modern Rural Economy

Name: Thailand's Political Peasants Power in the Modern Rural Economy
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ISBN: 9780299288242

ISBN-10: 0299288242

ISBN-13: 9780299288242

Edition: 2012

Authors: Andrew Walker

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When a populist movement elected Thaksin Shinawatra as Prime Minister of Thailand in 2001, many of the country’s urban elite dismissed the outcome as just another symptom of rural corruption, a traditional patronage system dominated by local strongmen pressuring their neighbors through political bullying and vote-buying. InThailand’s Political Peasants, however, Andrew Walker argues that the emergence of an entirely new socioeconomic dynamic has dramatically changed the relations of Thai peasants with the state, making them a political force to be reckoned with. Whereas their ancestors focused on subsistence, this generation of middle-income peasants seeks productive relationships with…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 8/6/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Peasants, Power, and Political Society



Thailand's Persistent Peasantry



Ban Tiam's Middle-Income Rural Economy



Drawing Power into Private Realms



Contracts, Private Capital, and the State



The Political Economy of Projects



Community, Legibility, and Eligibility



The Rural Constitution


Conclusion: Political Society, Civil Society, and Democracy


Notes


Bibliography


Index