THAILAND - A Country Study

Country Listing

• THAILAND
• Foreward
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Country Profile
  • COUNTRY
  • 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
    • International Trade
    • 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
• Appendix. Tables
• Bibliography
• Glossary