1. Introduction : power, oppositions and democratisation / Kevin Hewison -- 2. Power in transition : Thailand in the 1990s / Pasuk Phongpaichit and Chris Baker -- 3. Old soldiers never die, they are just bypassed : the military, bureaucracy and globalisation / Chai-Anan Samudavanija -- 4. The monarchy and democratisation / Kevin Hewison -- 5. Withering centre, flourishing margins : Buddhism's changing political roles / Peter A. Jackson -- 6. More of the same? : politics and business, 1987-96 / Paul Handley -- 7. Thailand's political parties : real, authentic and actual / Duncan McCargo -- 8. Electoral politics : commercialisation and exclusion / Surin Maisrikrod and Duncan McCargo -- 9. Local bureaucrats, power and participation : a study of two village schools in the Northeast / Bruce Missingham -- 10. Locating working-class power / Andrew Brown -- 11. The politics of environment : opposition and legitimacy / Philip Hirsch -- 12. Non-governmental development organisations : empowerment and environment / Prudhisan Jumbala and Maneerat Mitprasat -- 13. Thailand's media : whose watchdog? / Thitinan Pongsudhirak -- 14. The Thai medical profession and political activism / Scott Bamber -- 15. The changing role of provincial business in the Thai political |