Constructing a Governing Rationale: Developing Lao Hmong Refugees at Wat Tham Krabok
In this paper I argue that Thai discourses of modernization and development have been taken up by the leaders and other prominent monks at Wat Tham Krabok Buddhist Temple (WTK) in central Thailand’s Saraburi Province and directed at governing a settlement of mostly Lao Hmong refugees that made their...
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Language: | English |
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Hmong Studies Journal
2014-12-01
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Series: | Hmong Studies Journal |
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Online Access: | https://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/uploads/4/5/8/7/4587788/chambershsj15.2.pdf |