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ASIA6024 Thailand in the Age of Globalisation

Offered By School of Culture, History and Language
Academic Career Graduate Coursework
Course Subject Asian Studies
Offered in ASIA6024 will not be offered in 2010
Unit Value 6 units
Course Description

This course examines Thailand’s recent history with special emphasis on the transformation of institutions in the 1980s and 1990s. Topics include nationalism and national identity in the twentieth century, political culture, the changing nature of the public sphere, Thailand in a regional context (e. g. relations with neighbours and the Mekong River) and debates about rapid economic development and its consequences for the environment.

Indicative Assessment

To be agreed at opening lecture. Graduate students attend joint classes with undergraduates but may expect more rigorous assessment and additional assignment work, tailored to the graduate student’s interests.

Workload

32 contact hours per semester.

Areas of Interest Non Language Asian Studies
Prescribed Texts

Reynolds, Craig J. (ed.), National Identity and its Defenders: Thailand, 1939-1989, Chiangmai, Silkworm Books, 1993.

Programs Master of Asia-Pacific Studies

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