Modernization and counter-revolution in Thailand

Abstract

Thailand is now the linchpin in America’s Asia. As revolutionaries in Indochina continue to force a reduction of U.S. ground troops in Asia and as Washington’s commitment to Taiwan weakens, Thailand assumes increasing strategic importance for current American counterrevolutionary operations in continental Asia. This development extends a general trend which began in the early 1950s.     

泰国的纺织服装业

纺织服装业是泰国的重要产业部门。文章介绍泰国该产业的发展历程。它经历了从保护、限制到放开、发展的过程。文章在探讨泰国纺织品和服装的进出口贸易的特点之后,指出了该产业部门所面临的主要问题以及讨论政府所采取的对策。     

泰国的阿卡人

阿卡人是泰国的一个少数民族,居住在泰国北部地区。作为泰国的一个山地民族,阿卡人有它自己独特的语言习俗和历史文化。本文拟对此作一简要论述。     

Thailand today

Mervyn Matthews, retired, was formerly Reader in Soviet Studies at the University of Surrey, Guildford. Since 1996 he has been resident for part of the year in Thailand, where he writes and pursues research interests.     

泰国的廉政建设与廉政文化

本文认为,廉政建设需要反腐机制与廉政文化的协调发展,廉政文化的缺失将使反腐机制难以发挥应有的效力。泰国廉政文化缺失的实质是在传统型廉政文化向现代型廉政文化转型过程中出现了断裂和脱节。由于政治和社会文化的转型难以一蹴而就,泰国的廉政建设的完善仍要经过漫长而艰难的发展过程。     

Rural Transformations and Democracy in Northeast Thailand

ABSTRACT

This article analyses the underlying economic, social and political processes that contributed to democratic progress in the rural areas of northeast Thailand. After the 2006 military coup villagers in the region played an important role in anti-coup activities and actively demanded for democratic rule. To defend democratic rule, villagers not only opposed military intervention but also challenged elites, who they considered had masterminded the coup. The coup was a landmark change in terms of the relationship between the highest authority in Thailand and the rural masses. According to the Thai hierarchical order, villagers are regarded as inferior who must obey the elite. Any action that does not conform to this rule is considered morally wrong and to be punished. Why did rural dwellers dare to engage openly in political action that defied the hierarchical order? To comprehend such actions the article examines structural changes in Thailand’s countryside that released villagers from traditional bonds and enabled them to engage in a new form of political mobilisation. It is argued that the emergence of a democratic movement in the rural northeast is a result of two important processes: rural socio-economic transformations and political democratisation.     

泰国马来西亚的政府金融干预

泰国和马来西亚政府金融干预在保护本国金融部门发展、推动社会均衡发展方面成效显著,但在支持本国支柱产业的建设、促进工业化进程方面效果欠佳.这主要与两国金融体制的局限性和政府的社会发展政策有关.金融危机后推行的改革措施,正推动两国政府金融干预机制向更科学、更合理的方向发展.     

泰国非暴力群众运动与政治转型

20世纪60年代以来,非暴力群众运动在泰国的政治转型中曾起到重要的作用.本文通过对典型案例的分析,从参与群体、形成原因、主导力量的角度,探讨了泰国非暴力群众运动的特点.同时指出,对于泰国非暴力群众运动而言,其形成并不必然代表普遍的民意,其进程并不必然遵从参与者的意志,其结果也并不必然符合民主的初衷.     

暹罗国祀郑和三宝庙考--读《东西洋考》

泰国是否存在郑和庙,其址何在?向来众说纷纭,争论甚多.流行的说法是:大城帕南澄寺三宝佛公祭祀的就是郑和,此寺至今香火旺盛.     

也论差猜时期泰国的印支政策

柬埔寨问题产生后 ,印支政策是泰国外交政策的核心。差猜上台后实施的“战场变商场”政策因其变化性而受到广泛关注。该政策既反映了泰国政治变迁 ,又表现出泰国外交政策的继承性 ,同时亦展现了泰国的地区雄心。实质上 ,差猜时期泰国的印支政策是“双轨政策” ,即“一轨”为“战场变商场”政策 ,另“一轨”是 :以外长西提为首的泰国外交部实施 (与东盟集体政策一致 )的政策。双轨政策实质上反映了泰国国家利益 (远期与近期 )的分歧与协调及国家利益与东盟地区利益的分歧与协调。