Thailand - A Country Study

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Index Page

  • Country Profile
  • GEOGRAPHY
  • SOCIETY
  • ECONOMY
  • TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
  • GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
  • NATIONAL SECURITY
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Historical Setting
  • EARLY HISTORY
  • The Mon and the Khmer
  • The Tai People: Origins and Migrations
  • Sukhothai
  • THE AYUTTHAYA ERA, 1350-1767
  • Thai Kingship
  • Social and Political Development
  • Economic Development
  • Contacts with the West
  • Ayutthaya: The Final Phase
  • THE BANGKOK PERIOD, 1767-1932
  • The Chakkri Dynasty
  • Mongkut's Opening to the West
  • Chulalongkorn's Reforms
  • The Crisis of 1893
  • BEGINNING OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ERA
  • 1932 Coup
  • Phibun and the Nationalist Regime
  • World War II
  • Pridi and the Civilian Regime, 1944-47
  • RETURN OF PHIBUN AND THE MILITARY
  • November 1947 Coup
  • November 1951 Coup
  • Phibun's Experiment with "Democracy"
  • SARIT AND THANOM
  • Sarit's Return
  • Thai Politics and Foreign Policy, 1963-71
  • November 1971 Coup
  • THAILAND IN TRANSITION
  • MILITARY RULE AND LIMITED PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT, 1976- 83
  • Prem in Power
  • Foreign Relations, 1977-83
  • Chapter 2. The Society and Its Environment
  • PHYSICAL SETTING
  • Boundaries
  • Topography and Drainage
  • Regions
  • Climate
  • POPULATION
  • ETHNICITY, REGIONALISM, AND LANGUAGE
  • The Thai and Other Tai-Speaking Peoples
  • The Non-Tai Minorities
  • The Highland, or Hill, Peoples
  • The Khmer
  • The Mon
  • The Vietnamese
  • The Chinese
  • The South Asians
  • Ethnic and Regional Relations
  • THE SOCIAL SYSTEM
  • Rural Social Patterns
  • National and Urban Structures: Class and Status
  • Class Consciousness
  • Social Mobility
  • RELIGION
  • Historical Background
  • Buddhist Doctrine and Popular Religion
  • The Sangha
  • Buddhism, Politics, and Values
  • Religious Minorities
  • EDUCATION AND THE ARTS
  • HEALTH AND WELFARE
  • THE INDOCHINESE REFUGEE QUESTION
  • Chapter 3. The Economy
  • ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Public Finance
  • Money and Banking
  • Financial Institutions
  • Money and Capital Markets
  • Rural Finance
  • Industrial Finance
  • Monetary Policies
  • Employment and Wages
  • INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FINANCE
  • External Debt
  • INDUSTRY
  • Manufacturing
  • Industrial Policy
  • AGRICULTURE
  • Land Use and Soils
  • Land Tenure
  • Tenancy and Land Reform
  • Irrigation
  • Crops
  • Rice
  • Rubber
  • Maize
  • Cassava
  • Other Crops
  • Livestock and Poultry
  • FISHERIES
  • FORESTRY
  • MINING
  • TRANSPORTATION
  • Inland Waterways
  • Railroads
  • Roads
  • Ports and Shipping
  • Civil Aviation
  • ENERGY
  • Electric Power
  • Petroleum and Natural Gas
  • TELECOMMUNICATIONS
  • Chapter 4. Government and Politics
  • THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
  • THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
  • The King
  • National Assembly
  • Council of Ministers
  • Judiciary
  • LOCAL GOVERNMENT
  • CIVIL SERVICE
  • THE MEDIA
  • POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS, 1980-87
  • POLITICAL PARTIES
  • FOREIGN AFFAIRS
  • Background
  • Foreign Relations since 1980
  • Chapter 5. National Security
  • STATE OF NATIONAL SECURITY
  • Insurgency
  • Potential External Threats
  • THE ARMED FORCES
  • General Development
  • Place in National Life
  • The Military Roles
  • Manpower: Sources and Quality
  • Defense Spending
  • Domestic Defense Industry
  • Foreign Security Assistance
  • Military Structure
  • Royal Thai Army
  • Royal Thai Navy
  • Royal Thai Air Force
  • Training
  • Uniforms, Ranks, and Insignia
  • INTERNAL SECURITY SYSTEM
  • Police and Paramilitary Forces
  • Provincial Police
  • Border Patrol Police
  • Metropolitan Police
  • Central Investigation Bureau
  • Education Bureau
  • Criminal Justice
  • Criminal Code
  • Procedures in Criminal Law
  • Penal System
  • Criminal Activity and the Narcotics Trade

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