Rural Transformations and Democracy in Northeast Thailand

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 504-519

  Phatharathananunth, Somchai ^a  

^a MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

democracy; middle income peasants; northeast Thailand; post peasant society; Rural transformations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962423433     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: 17527554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2016.1166258     Document Type: Article

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