Search for dissertations about: "Thai nation-building"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Thai nation-building.

2. 1. Negotiating Thainess : Religious and National Identities in Thailand's Southern Conflict

   Author : Marte Nilsen; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; The southern Thai conflict; Thai nation-building; Thainess; Patani Pattani; ethnicity; nation; religion; legitimacy; multiple identities; Malay Muslims; Thai Buddhists; interethnic relations.;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate how people express religious and national identities in the conflict-ridden Patani region of southern Thailand. In a historical framework of disputes over territory and political legitimacy, where identities have developed in response to an emerging Thai nation, it is of relevance to understand the dynamics of these identities and to disclose how local people perceive themselves, their communities and society at large. READ MORE