A Plastic Nation The Curse of Thainess in Thai-Burmese Relations,9780761831525

A Plastic Nation The Curse of Thainess in Thai-Burmese Relations

by Chachavalpongpun, Pavin
ISBN13: 9780761831525
ISBN10: 0761831525
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-08-18
Publisher(s): UPA
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Summary

A Plastic Nation examines the role of Thai nationhood in domestic and international politics. This book is intended for students and professors in the field of Thai nationhood and nationalism, as well as contemporary Thai-Burmese relations. It is also intended for policy practitioners in the government and military.

Table of Contents

List of Table vii
Preface ix
List of Key Characters xiii
Abbreviations xv
Chapter One: Introduction 1(8)
The Construction of Thai Nationhood
1(5)
Thainess as Hegemony and Power
3(1)
Power Interests at the Helm
4(2)
Implications for Thai-Burmese Relations
6(2)
Notes
8(1)
Chapter Two: Revisiting Thai Nationhood 9(20)
Some Thoughts on Nationhood
10(1)
The Artefact of Thainess
11(2)
The Realm of Thai Norms
13(6)
Social Norms
14(2)
Core Norms
16(2)
The Normative Context of Thai Politics
18(1)
International Norms as Otherness
19(3)
Thainess Versus International Norms
20(2)
The Heart of Debate
22(1)
Conclusion
23(2)
Notes
25(4)
Chapter Three: The Historical Background 29(28)
Drawing Historical Timelines
29(1)
The Invention of Thainess
30(1)
Backdating Thai Nationhood
31(4)
The Making of the Burmese Image
33(2)
The Colonial Period
35(7)
Transformation into Modernity
36(1)
Thainess in the Royal Making
37(3)
The Creation of Otherness
40(2)
The Modern Period
42(9)
Phibun and the Nationalist Construction
43(1)
The Rekindling of Burma's Demonic Image
44(2)
The Manifestation of Khwampenthai
46(3)
Towards the Year 1988
49(2)
Conclusion
51(1)
Notes
52(5)
Chapter Four: Ethnic Insurgencies Along Thai-Burmese Borders 57(36)
The Ethnic Policy of Thailand
58(3)
The Function of Thainess
59(2)
Burma's Politics of Ethnicity
61(4)
Ethnic Reconciliation in Burma
62(3)
Thailand-Burma-Ethnic Insurgencies: The First Phase (1988-1997)
65(11)
From Battlefields to Marketplaces
66(3)
The Role of the Thai Military
69(2)
The Thai-Burmese Golden Era
71(5)
Thailand-Burma-Ethnic Insurgencies: The Second Phase (1997-2000)
76(8)
A Sea-Change in Diplomacy
77(2)
Demilitarisation of Politics
79(1)
The Revival of Buffer Policy
79(2)
The Embassy Seizure and Hospital Hostage Incidents
81(3)
Conclusion
84(2)
Notes
86(7)
Chapter Five: The Drugs Trade 93(32)
Thainess as Anti-Drugs
94(2)
Externalisation of Drugs
96(9)
The Burmese Connection
98(2)
The Narco-Military Regime
100(2)
The Drug Kingpins
102(1)
Internationalisation of the Drugs Trade
103(2)
Internalisation of Drugs
105(6)
Utility of Social Norms
105(1)
The Politics of Privacy
106(2)
The Emergence of Chao pho
108(1)
The Infringement of International Norms
109(2)
The Search for Thai Contestation
111(3)
Thai Moral Consciousness
112(2)
List of Alleged Thai Narcotic Traffickers
114(2)
Conclusion
116(2)
Notes
118(7)
Chapter Six: The Controversy over Burma's Admission into ASEAN 125(32)
Part I: Thai Support for Burma's ASEAN Membership
126(17)
Burma as a Potential Market
127(3)
ASEAN as a Thai Expression of Regionalism
130(10)
The Affinity Between Thainess and ASEAN
131(4)
Farang as Otherness
135(1)
Immunity Against International Constraints
135(3)
The Internal Enemy
138(1)
Compliance with International Norms
139(1)
What Are the True Agendas?
140(3)
Part II: Thai Opposition to Burma's ASEAN Membership
143(6)
Flexible Engagement Policy
144(3)
The Dilemma of Tam Kon Farang
147(1)
Behind Chuan's Power Interests
148(1)
Conclusion
149(2)
Notes
151(6)
Chapter Seven: Conclusion 157(14)
An Empty Thainess
158(5)
The Function of Otherness
159(2)
A Desperate Search for Identity
161(2)
The Three Case Studies
163(4)
Ethnic Insurgencies Along Thai-Burmese Borders
163(2)
The Drugs Trade
165(1)
The Controversy over Burma's Admission into ASEAN
166(1)
Epilogue
167(2)
Notes
169(2)
Glossary 171(4)
Bibliography 175(10)
Index 185(4)
Author Biography 189

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