Publications

The New Books in Southeast Asian Studies podcast explores the idea that elections can be instrumentalised by dictators to reinforce their rule.

New Mandala contributor Jinghong Zhang recognised for study on rise and fall of puer tea.

Some fascinating insights into Thai politics and history in three new books featured by the National Library of Australia.

In this extract, Associate Professor Sarah Turner from McGill University in Canada introduces a new book about doing research in socialist Asia

Marcus Mietzner and Nicholas Farrelly have co-edited a journal special issue looking at military rule and democratisation

This month's Book Zone 2.0 delivers tasty morsels from the 41st Bangkok International Book Fair (held 29 March – 8 April 2013) fresh to NM readers.

A special Book Zone post for Valentine's Day, celebrating the theme of love in our National Library of Australia Thai collection

We pay respect to the late Dr Pattana Kittiarsa (р╕нр╕▓р╕Ир╕▓р╕гр╕вр╣М р╕Юр╕▒р╕Тр╕Щр╕▓ р╕Бр╕┤р╕Хр╕┤р╕нр╕▓р╕йр╕▓) (1968-2013), a great ethnographer of contemporary Thai society.

Thailand's numerous environmental handbooks (р╕Др╕╣р╣Ир╕бр╕╖р╕н, р╕Хр╕│р╕гр╕▓) have proven to be a valuable blend of common sense, superstition and rationalist understanding.

The National Library of Australia's significant Thai cigarette card collection has been digitized and the images are now freely available.

Rural Thailand's new "political society" is energized by a fundamental desire to be productively connected to sources of power.