CONTENTS

• From Assembly to Streets: Contentious Politics in Thailand (1992-2010)
  (Author : Vipapat Sinpeng)
• Bad Buddhist Kings: An Examination of the Ideal Social Order
  (Author : Betty Nguyen)
• Palladium: The Emerald Buddha and the Scope of The Real
  (Author : Carlos M. Ross)
• Two Meditation Traditions from Contemporary Thailand: A Summary Overview
  (Author : Catherine Newell)
• Southern Siam’s Socio-Economic Linkages with Northern British Malaya (1855-1909)
  (Author : Clarence Ngui Yew Kit)
• Chaomae Song Nang Worship Ceremony: The Rite that Unites the Vietnamese and Thai peoples of Mukdahan Province
  (Author : Panupong Udomsilp)
• Examining and Analyzing the Meditation System Passed Down by the Supreme Patriarch Suk Kaithuean, Now Taught at Wat Ratchasittharam
  (Author : Patrick Ong Pei Wen)
• Legend of the Lao Royal Spirits in Dansai District, Loei Province and the Construction of Their Sacred Identity
  (Author : Payungporn Nonthavisarut)
• Concepts and Symbols in the Merit-Making of 84,000 Dharma: A Study as an Invented Tradition
  (Author : Piphek Muangluang)
• “Face” Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Thai-Japanese MNCs in Thailand
  (Author : Pornrung Katejulasriroj)

Honorary Editors

• Yukio Ikemoto, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo
• Hong-koo Kim, Pusan University of Foreign Studies, Pusan
• William J. Klausner, Institute of Security and International Studies, Bangkok
• Pranee Kullavanich, Sirindhorn Thai Center, Bangkok
• Elizabeth Moore, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
• Peter Skilling, Ecole fracaise d’Extreme-Orient, Bangkok

Peer Review Committee

• Asst. Prof. Dr. Ackadej Chaiperm
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suwanna Satha-Anand
• Assoc. Prof. Sukanya Sujachaya
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Withaya Sucharithanaragse
• Dr. Justin McDaniel
• Dr. Peter Skilling
• Prof. Dr. Piyanart Bunnag
• Prof. Dr. Siraporn Nathalang

Editorial Board

• Suchitra Chongstitvatana, Director, Institute of Thai Studies
• Arthit Thongtak, Deputy Director, Institute of Thai Studies
• Ritirong Jiwakanon, Deputy Director, Institute of Thai Studies
• Pram Sounsamut, Deputy Director, Institute of Thai Studies

Editor

• Suchitra Chongstitvatana

Assistant Editor

• Frederick B. Goss