Legitimacy Crisis in Thailand Rights to culture and the effects of globalization

and the effects of globalization and modernity on a mostly traditional and rural community

Aroonrut Wichienkeeo is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

video recordings of talks (in Thai) by the translators

Paralleling these Thai cultural themes are the universal themes of the fear of aging and the vagaries of love

Legitimacy Crisis in Thailand Rights to culture and the effects of globalizationIntense political polarization, confrontation and violence have rocked Thailand recently, much of it a divisive legacy of the 2006 coup. Conflicts centre on the legitimacy of institutions and the uses and abuses of power alongside the parallel crisis of state legitimacy posed by the ongoing violence in the countrys Deep South. This collection of essays explores themes and issues arising from the continuing confrontations that have dominated Thailands