In 2001, the Thai Ministry of Public Health launched new universal health insurance a 30 baht scheme—a flatfee 30 baht (US 0.65) Universal Health Card (UC) subsidized by the government to extend health insurance to the poor. The purpose of this study was to describe the perceive…
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The Thais of Kelantan live in a borderland. Although politically Malaysian citizens, they are also privy to the discourses of cultural standardization that emanate from the Thai nation-state just across the international frontier. The bi-polarity of their geo-political location …
This study attempts to further our understanding of linguistic politeness by focusing on both a Western and a non-Western language. It is based on two sets of data (one spontaneous and the other elicited) and provides a comparative analysis of three expressive speech acts produc…
Why do developing countries participate in peacekeeping operations sponsored by the United Nations? In the literature of peacekeeping, scholars mainly argue that states participate in peacekeeping for their own national interests. According to these arguments, states agree to co…
The destruction of coastal and marine resources caused by the advent of commercial push-net and trawler boats as well as the harmful practices of shrimp farming have adversely affected the livelihood of many Thai fishermen in the coastal areas of southern Thailand. The majority …