Jungle Book: Thailand’s Politics, Moral Panic, and Plunder, 1996–2008 Selected Columns Ethnology a stalemate that still persists

a stalemate that still persists today

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and environment

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sustainable alternatives to globalization

Jungle Book: Thailand’s Politics, Moral Panic, and Plunder, 1996–2008 Selected Columns Ethnology a stalemate that still persistsChang Noi (pseudonym) The coup leader who believed he was the reincarnation of an eighteenth century king. The godfather slashed to death by a machete on the orders of his son. The party boss who taught his followers how to negotiate corruption with hand signals. The general whose political career charts the destruction of Burmese forests. Thai politics often seem wild. For a dozen years, Chang Noi (the pseudonym means Little Elephant) has been