The rural constitution and the everyday politics of elections in Northern Thailand

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-105

  Walker, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Democracy; Localism; Rural constitution; Thailand; Vote buying; Voter rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348995927     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: 17527554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472330701651978     Document Type: Article

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