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Finding Their Voice: Northeastern Villagers and the Thai State
Finding Their Voice Northeastern Villagers and the Thai State Author:Charles F. Keyes This book traces the evolution of the rural, Lao-speaking people of northeastern Thailand, now over a third of the nation's population, from a traditional peasantry into "cosmopolitan" villagers who are actively shaping Thai politics. The electoral successes of the Thai Rak Thai/Pheu Thai Party in the early twenty-first century and the strong su... more »pport given to the Red-Shirt movement appear to have finally given the cosmopolitan villagers of northeastern Thailand a continuing voice in the nation's political process.Charles Keyes is professor emeritus of anthropology and international studies at the University of Washington.« less