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The majority of Thais live in rural areas and depend on rural livelihoods. They have been drawn into political conflict over the environment by the mounting pressure that modernisation exerts on the sources of their sustenance. The environmental issues that concern most Thais are essentially livelihood and welfare issues. In order to explain the prominence local and national environmental issues have attained today in Thailand, the authors review the development of environmental politics at the national level during the last 15 years. (DÜI-Sen)

Rituals have had a long historical application and have been used as a powerful tool to demonstrate and communicate strength and dominance to allies and foes alike. In order to truly understand how modern political leaders create and utilize their charisma to elevate themselves in the eyes of the general public, historical ideas that connect kings with gods have to be properly analyzed and understood. The most important link between kings and politicians lies in the fact that both have used and continue to use ritual as a way of legitimising their respective roles. Political ritual under its various guises has the power to strongly engage the emotions of the spectators, and therefore create the powerful illusion that they are somehow connected with the charismatic political figure and are an integral part of the power structure itself.

In this brief essay, I take up Hofstadter's The Paranoid Style in American Politics (1964) to discuss key social and psychic energies at work across the United States today. Although they have longstanding roots in the United States, these paranoid tendencies have only intensified in recent years. I see this in two, intertwined ways–new social and psychic vulnerabilities as well as the rise of so-called "eliminationist" rhetoric.

Debate over political power was growing at the beginning of the 21st century. This volume organizes the debates into three categories, each focusing on controversial issues of contemporary power. The introduction focuses on the relationship between the study of politics & power itself & examines the effect that power has on individuals, society as a whole, stability, & political justice. It then presents the idea that neoliberalism, a dominant ideology of the late 20th century, will continue to transform as power at the local, national, & international levels evolves. The introduction concludes with the idea that although political systems throughout the world are currently experiencing a revolutionary change, the concept of power -- & the all-important ability to exercise that power -- will continue to play an important role in global politics. K. A. Larsen

book I. Politics in China and in Japan.--book II. Contemporary relations: China, Japan, and the United States. ; Mode of access: Internet.

The discipline of history has failed to recognize that it has always been affected by contemporary politics in diverse ways, despite attempts to maintain its autonomy. The article argues that unless the relationship between history and contemporary politics is defined, both would be misused for partisan ends. On this backdrop, the article explores relations between the two in the Indian context and argues that, in India, history was always influenced by political imperatives and contestations. History was used to affirm or deny the claims of the existence of an Indian nation since times immemorial. The article further argues that the use of history for the political project of historically constituting an Indian nation was integral to the events surrounding independence and partition.