JSPS-NRCT Core University Program Workshop
The Thai Coup d'etat and Post-Authoritarian Southeast Asia -The Shifting Balance of Social Powers-
March 12-13, 2007
Kyodai Kaikan
15-9, Yoshida Kawaramachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8305 Japan
Tel:++81-75-751-8311 Fax:++81-75-761-5403
Provisional Program
| MARCH 12, 2007 (Monday) |
|
| 9:00- | Opening Remarks Kosuke Mizuno (Kyoto University) |
| SESSION I: "Neo-Liberal Populism": Reassessing Thaksin's Regime Chair: Kaoru Sugihara (Kyoto University) Pasuk Phongpaichit (Chulalongkorn University) and Chris Baker After the Thai Coup: Prospects for Thailand and South East Asia Akira Suehiro (University of Tokyo) The Modernization Framework of the Kingdom of Thailand under the Thaksin Administration: Decision-making System and Reforms of Budget Allocation Nualnoi Treerat (Chulalongkorn University) Institutions and Rent Management in Thailand (provisional title) Prapart Pintoptang (Chulalongkorn University) State, Populist Policy and the Poor Movements after the Thaksin Regime Discussants: Hideo Otake (Kyoto University) Yoshifumi Tamada (Kyoto University) |
|
| 14:00- | SESSION II: “Populism” in Comparative Perspective Chair: Kosuke Mizuno (Kyoto University) Khoo Boo Teik (Universiti Sains Malaysia) The Ends of Populism: Mahathir's Departure and Thaksin's Overthrow Hermawan Sulistyo (Indonesian Institute of Science) Contestation of Images: Regimes' Populist Imaging in the Politics of Post-Soeharto Indonesia." Kan Kimura (Kobe University) Nationalistic Populism in East Asia Hiroshi Matsushita (Professor Emeritus, Kobe University) Latin American Populism in Recent Years: A Return from Neo-populism to the Old One? Discussants: Ukrist Pathmanand (Chulalongkorn University) Jenn-Jaw Soong (National Cheng Kung Univeristy) |
| MARCH 13, 2007 (Tuesday) |
|
| 9:00- | SESSION III: Social Resistance and Good Governance in Thailand Chair: Pasuk Phongpaichit (Chulalongkorn University) Lae Dilokvidhyarat (Chulalongkorn University) The Roles of Trade Unions in the Thai Coup and Democratization (provisional title) Somchai Phatharathananunth (Maha Sarakham University) Isan Farmers' Movements under Thaksin Thanet Aphornsuvan (Thammasat University) Social Forces and Political Movements in the Muslim South Discussants: Shinichi Shigetomi (Institute of Developing Economies) Chris Baker Chen Pei His (National Chi-nan University) |
| 14:00- | SESSION IV: Social Resistance and Good Governance in East Asia Chair: Masaaki Okamoto (Kyoto University) Hetifah Sjaifudian (Akatiga-Centre for Social Analysis) Citizen Participation in Post Authoritarian Indonesia What can be learned from the citizen forums? Ricardo Basilio Reyes (Institute for Popular Democracy) Social Movements in Post Edosa Era (provisional title) Kosuke Mizuno (Kyoto University) Labor Unions in Indonesia after 1998: Their Origins, Organizations and Activities Junko Hoshi (University of Tokyo) Where Resistance and Policy Meet: the Transition of Community Empowerment in Meinung, Taiwan Discussants: Patricio Abinales (Kyoto University) Khoo Boo Teik (Universiti Sains Malaysia) Closing Remarks Kaoru Sugihara (Kyoto University) |
* to be confirmed