International Relations of the Peoples: The Unheard History of Thailand-Laos Relations
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This article argues that International Relations that discusses the issues of Thai-Lao relations is elite-oriented. Employing the historical approach, this article calls for a more multidisciplinary approach that focuses on the issues of the Thai-Lao relations. The discussion on the relat ions of the two states do not have to be limited within International Relations as a discipline but extended to other fields of social sciences such as political science in government, anthropology, sociology, geography and borderland studies. The voices of the peoples on the ground that are engaged with the Thai-Lao relations will be more heard. The research question of this article is what are they ways in which the elites have played out in defining the bilateral relations of Thailand and Laos from 1954 to the present. During the colonial days, the elite’s monopoly over space and time during the colonial days is academically present. This trend continued when Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) was established in 1975 and in 1989 when the Cold War was over. Since then, the voices of the peoples on the grounds are more reflected in the discussion of the Thai-Lao relations, despite still being state-centrically conceptualised. This article argues that the academic inclusion of other fields in social sciences will help support the voices of the peoples on the ground. Accordingly, International Relations as a disciplined that analyses the relations of Thailand and Lao PDR will be able to shed lights on more layers of interaction.
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- เนื้อหาและข้อมูลที่ลงตีพิมพ์ในวารสารรัฐศาสตร์และรัฐประศาสนศาสตร์ถือเป็นข้อคิดเห็นและความรับผิดชอบของผู้เขียนบทความโดยตรง ซึ่งกองบรรณาธิการวารสารรัฐศาสตร์และรัฐประศาสนศาสตร์ ไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นด้วย หรือร่วมรับผิดชอบใดๆ
- บทความและข้อมูล ที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ในวารสารรัฐศาสตร์และรัฐประศาสนศาสตร์ ถือเป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวารสาร หากบุคคลหรือหน่วยงานใดต้องการนำข้อมูลไปใช้ประโยชน์ในทางวิชาการ ขอให้อ้างอิงแหล่งที่มาด้วย
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