Rituals of national loyalty
Subtitle: an anthropology of the state and the village scout movement in Thailand
By: Katherine A. Bowie.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 393
Subjects: Communism -- Thailand.; Insurgency -- Thailand.; Thailand -- Politics and government.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-374) and index.