Title: Rituals of national loyalty : an anthropology of the state and the village scout movement in Thailand /
Authors: Bowie, Katherine Ann, 1950-
Publisher: Columbia University Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Communism Thailand.; Insurgency Thailand.; Thailand Politics and government
Abstract: In the 1970s, the Village Scout movement arose in Thailand not only to counter a growing communist insurgency but also to intimidate anyone critical of the government. Rituals of National Loyalty explores this movement as a prime example of the deliberate use of mass psychology. This study bridges both the macro and micro levels of analysis to place the dynamics of a national political movement within a richly detailed understanding of its working at the village level.