Thailand Study & Guide - AllRefer - Thailand Information

* Country Profile
o COUNTRY
o GEOGRAPHY
o SOCIETY
o ECONOMY
o TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
o GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
o NATIONAL SECURITY
* Introduction
* Historical Setting
o EARLY HISTORY
+ The Mon and the Khmer
+ The Tai People: Origins and Migrations
+ Sukhothai
o THE AYUTTHAYA ERA, 1350-1767
+ Thai Kingship
+ Social and Political Development
+ Economic Development
+ Contacts with the West
+ Ayutthaya: The Final Phase
o THE BANGKOK PERIOD, 1767-1932
+ The Chakkri Dynasty
+ Mongkut's Opening to the West
+ Chulalongkorn's Reforms
+ The Crisis of 1893
o BEGINNING OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ERA
+ 1932 Coup
+ Phibun and the Nationalist Regime
+ World War II
+ Pridi and the Civilian Regime, 1944-47
o RETURN OF PHIBUN AND THE MILITARY
+ November 1947 Coup
+ November 1951 Coup
+ Phibun's Experiment with "Democracy"
o SARIT AND THANOM
+ Sarit's Return
+ Thai Politics and Foreign Policy, 1963-71
+ November 1971 Coup
o THAILAND IN TRANSITION
o MILITARY RULE AND LIMITED PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT, 1976- 83
+ Prem in Power
+ Foreign Relations, 1977-83
* The Society and Its Environment
o PHYSICAL SETTING
+ Boundaries
+ Topography and Drainage
# Regions
# Climate
o POPULATION
o ETHNICITY, REGIONALISM, AND LANGUAGE
+ The Thai and Other Tai-Speaking Peoples
+ The Non-Tai Minorities
# The Highland, or Hill, Peoples
# The Khmer
# The Mon
# The Vietnamese
# The Chinese
# The South Asians
+ Ethnic and Regional Relations
o THE SOCIAL SYSTEM
+ Rural Social Patterns
+ National and Urban Structures: Class and Status
# Class Consciousness
# Social Mobility
o RELIGION
+ Historical Background
+ Buddhist Doctrine and Popular Religion
+ The Sangha
+ Buddhism, Politics, and Values
+ Religious Minorities
o EDUCATION AND THE ARTS
o HEALTH AND WELFARE
o THE INDOCHINESE REFUGEE QUESTION
* The Economy
o ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
+ Public Finance
+ Money and Banking
# Financial Institutions
# Money and Capital Markets
# Rural Finance
# Industrial Finance
# Monetary Policies
+ Employment and Wages
o INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FINANCE
+ International Trade
+ External Debt
o INDUSTRY
+ Manufacturing
+ Industrial Policy
o AGRICULTURE
+ Land Use and Soils
+ Land Tenure
+ Tenancy and Land Reform
+ Irrigation
+ Crops
# Rice
# Rubber
# Maize
# Cassava
# Other Crops
+ Livestock and Poultry
o FISHERIES
o FORESTRY
o MINING
o TRANSPORTATION
+ Inland Waterways
+ Railroads
+ Roads
+ Ports and Shipping
+ Civil Aviation
o ENERGY
+ Electric Power
+ Petroleum and Natural Gas
o TELECOMMUNICATIONS
* Government and Politics
o THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
o THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
+ The King
+ National Assembly
+ Council of Ministers
+ Judiciary
o LOCAL GOVERNMENT
o CIVIL SERVICE
o THE MEDIA
o POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS, 1980-87
o POLITICAL PARTIES
o FOREIGN AFFAIRS
+ Background
+ Foreign Relations since 1980
* National Security
o STATE OF NATIONAL SECURITY
+ Insurgency
+ Potential External Threats
o THE ARMED FORCES
+ General Development
+ Place in National Life
# The Military Roles
# Manpower: Sources and Quality
# Defense Spending
# Domestic Defense Industry
+ Foreign Security Assistance
+ Military Structure
# Royal Thai Army
# Royal Thai Navy
# Royal Thai Air Force
+ Training
+ Uniforms, Ranks, and Insignia
o INTERNAL SECURITY SYSTEM
+ Police and Paramilitary Forces
# Provincial Police
# Border Patrol Police
# Metropolitan Police
# Central Investigation Bureau
# Education Bureau
+ Criminal Justice
# Criminal Code
# Procedures in Criminal Law
# Penal System
+ Criminal Activity and the Narcotics Trade
* Appendix. Tables
* Glossary