Urban or Agrarian? The Modern Thai State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6086359 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rüdiger Korff (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 44-53 |
| Publication date | 1989-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0217-9520 • E-ISSN: 1793-2858 |
| Publisher | ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute (PUBLISHER • SG) |
| DOI | 10.1355/sj4-1e |
| OpenAlex | W2039916464 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The paper repudiates the conventional rural model of Thai society for one focused on the capital, Bangkok, Although Thailand is obviously far more than Bangkok, an analysis of Thai society has to take into consideration the important role of the metropolis in the processes of economic, political, and social change. Contemporary political and economic power is extraordinarily concentrated there. However, this paramount role of the capital is not just the result of modernization but intrinsic to older forms of the Thai state
Agrarian society · Agriculture · Archaeology · Political science · State (computer science · Asian Studies and History · History · Mathematics · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |