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Resource conflict and ethnic peace in northern Thailand
Author(s) -
Englehart Neil A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
asia pacific viewpoint
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.571
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1467-8373
pISSN - 1360-7456
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2008.00363.x
Subject(s) - ethnic group , ethnic conflict , resource (disambiguation) , natural resource , state (computer science) , ethnically diverse , political science , development economics , internal conflict , geography , law , politics , economics , computer network , algorithm , computer science
Although northern Thailand has experienced both ethnic discrimination and resource conflicts, neither has produced significant organised violence. The relative absence of ethnically mobilised natural resource conflict in northern Thailand is due in part to the historical pattern of state formation, and in part to the Thai state's capacity to deter and mediate conflicts before they escalate into organised violence.