Every so often PPT searches through recent publications on Thailand in academic journals. Below we have a selection from journals published since the beginning of 2020. A few of these are free to download. If not, we suggest emailing authors as they will usually provide a copy.
We also urge readers to look at Library Genesis, where several recent books on Thailand’s politics are available.
Journal of Contemporary Asia
Thailand’s Public Secret: Military Wealth and the State by Ukrist Pathmanand & Michael K. Connors
Crazy Rich Thais: Thailand’s Capitalist Class, 1980–2019 by Kevin Hewison
Neo-Liberalism, the Rise of the Unelected and Policymaking in Thailand: The Case of the Medical Tourism Industry by Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit & Guanie Lim
The Unruly Past: History and Historiography of the 1932 Thai Revolution by Arjun Subrahmanyan
Is Irrigationalism a Dominant Ideology in Securing Hydrotopia in Mekong Nation States? by David J. H. Blake
Drivers of China’s Regional Infrastructure Diplomacy: The Case of the Sino-Thai Railway Project by Laurids S. Lauridsen
Lineages of the Authoritarian State in Thailand: Military Dictatorship, Lazy Capitalism and the Cold War Past as Post-Cold War Prologue by Jim Glassman
Black Site: The Cold War and the Shaping of Thailand’s Politics by Kevin Hewison
Royal Succession and the Politics of Religious Purification in Contemporary Thailand by Tomas Larsson
Sick Tiger: Social Conflict, State–Business Relations and Exclusive Growth in Thailand by Veerayooth Kanchoochat, Trin Aiyara & Bank Ngamarunchot
Critical Asian Studies
Disruptors’ dilemma? Thailand’s 2020 Gen Z protests by Duncan McCargo
Hashtag activism: social media and the #FreeYouth protests in Thailand by Aim Sinpeng
The white ribbon movement: high school students in the 2020 Thai youth protests by Kanokrat Lertchoosakul
Sticky rice in the blood: Isan people’s involvement in Thailand’s 2020 anti-government protests by Saowanee Alexander
The roots of conservative radicalism in southern Thailand’s Buddhist heartland by Patrick Jory & Jirawat Saengthong
TRaNS: Trans-Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia
Everyday Scandals: Regulating the Buddhist Monastic Body in Thai Media by Brooke Schedneck
The Hmong and the Communist Party of Thailand: A Transnational, Transcultural and Gender-Relations-Transforming Experience by Ian G. Baird
The Paradox of the Thai Middle Class in Democratisation by Kanokrat Lertchoosakul
Sojourn
Why Did They Rise Up? The Local Reality of the Farmers’ Movement in 1970s Thailand by Shinichi Shigetomi
Inequality, Sociocultures and Habitus in Thailand by Sirima Thongsawang, Boike Rehbein, Supang Chantavanich
Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
Birds of a feather: Anand Panyarachun, elite families and network monarchy in Thailand by Yoshinori Nishizaki
Nostalgia and nationalism: Facebook ‘archives’ and the constitution of Thai photographic histories by Clare Veal
Contemporary Southeast Asia
The Failure of Agricultural-based Economic Development in Thailand’s Far South and the Impact on the Insurgency by Ornanong Husna Benbourenane
Plural Partisans: Thailand’s People’s Democratic Reform Committee Protesters by Duncan McCargo & Naruemon Thabchumpon
Green in the Heart of Red: Understanding Phayao Province’s Switch to Palang Pracharat in Thailand’s 2019 General Election by Joel Sawat Selway
Asian Survey
Thailand in 2020: Politics, Protests, and a Pandemic by James Ockey
Thailand in 2019: An Election, A Coronation, and Two Summits by James Ockey
Political Prisoners in Thailand 
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