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Things Fall Apart? Thailand’s Post-Colonial Politics

  • SUVANNABHUMI
  • Abbr : SVN
  • 2017, 9(1), pp.85~108
  • DOI : 10.22801/svn.2017.9.1.85
  • Publisher : Korea Institute for ASEAN Studies
  • Research Area : Social Science > Area Studies > Southeast Asia
  • Received : April 6, 2017
  • Accepted : June 8, 2017
  • Published : June 30, 2017

Duncan McCargo 1

1Columbia University

ABSTRACT

This paper argues that Thailand’s internal colonial model is facing severe challenges: no longer is it so possible to suppress local and regional identities, or to submerge ethnic difference in an all-embracing but potentially suffocating blanket of “Thainess.” In recent decades, Thailand’s diverse localities have become increasingly assertive. This is most acutely the case in the insurgency-affected southern border provinces of Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat, but also applies in the “red’ (pro-Thaksin) dominated North and Northeast. As the old ruling elite faces serious legitimacy challenges, Thailand’s emerging post-colonial politics may require a radical rethinking of the relationship between center and periphery.

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