For most of the 1980s, Thailand was ruled by Prem Tinsulanonda, a democratically inclined strongman who restored parliamentary politics.

Only Thailand was spared the experience of foreign rule, although, Thailand itself was also greatly affected by the power politics of the Western powers.

Peter Jackson, scholar of sexual politics and Buddhism in Thailand, speculates that the Buddha was initially reluctant to allow women to join the sangha for this reason.

" Peter Jackson, an Australian scholar of sexual politics and Buddhism in Thailand, writes that these positions represent " two broad schools of thought on homosexuality are current among contemporary Thai Buddhist writers, one accepting, the other unaccepting.

Upon returning to Thailand, his first job was in the field of banking ; but his true vocation was his mastery of many forms of arts, including politics and journalism.

Despite being banned from politics for five years, Thaksin Shinawatra was popular in his former support bases in the Central, North and North-Eastern Thailand and attempted to maintain an active role in Thai politics by supporting the People's Power Party, which had become the successor party of the banned TRT.

For most of the 1980s, Thailand was ruled by prime minister Prem Tinsulanonda, a democratically-inclined strongman who restored parliamentary politics.

The politics of Thailand after the 2006 coup still concerned the two fighting factions, supporters and opponents of the former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.

" Trapped in environmental discourses and politics of exclusion: Karen in the Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary in the context of forest and hill tribe policies in Thailand ".

Furthermore, he helped produced various documentaries and advertisements on the third-world for Le Cardinal Léger et ses œuvres and OXFAM-Québec: leprosy in Haiti, the politics of water, agricultural development in the Philippines, education for disabled children in Thailand, etc.

Written in the Trinity dialect, as distinct from the St. Ouen dialect used by George d ' la Forge and Frank Le Maistre which is laid out in the standard grammar of Jèrriais and the standard dictionaries, Sir Arthur's articles included reminiscences of his life as a diplomat, especially in Japan, Thailand and Singapore, as well as comments on events and politics in Jersey.

Before entering politics, he served as a career diplomat in Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs for 10 years ( 1985 – 1995 ) 4 of which were spent as a representative of Thailand to the United Nations in New York ( 1987 – 1992 ).

The regent ’ s looming presence and overarching authority rankled the proud, thin-skinned Seni, fuelling a personal animosity that would poison Thailand ’ s postwar politics.

He reviews Steele's entrance into politics and finds that his present difficulties are due to his habit of attributing to his own abilities and talents achievements which more properly should be credited to the indulgence of his friends.

Why, oh why, doesn't he stick to preaching the Gospel, instead of meddling in civic affairs, politics, economics, and social issues that are no concern of the Church ''??

Furthermore, Bern decrees that we must do as we are ordered by the Council, preach only the word of God and stop meddling in politics ''!!

The bulk of the preparation had, of course, proceeded under the supervision of the Ministry of the Interior, whose officials are barred from party activity and probably generally disinterested in party politics.

and by deriving legitimate decision backward from whatever may conceivably or possibly or probably result, whether by anyone's doing or by accident, it finds itself driven to inaction, to non-political action in politics and non-military action in military affairs, and to the not very surprising discovery that there are now no distinctions on which the defense of justice can possibly be based.

To understand American politics is, simply, to know people, to know the relative weight of names -- who are heroes, who are straw men, who controls, who does not.

He wrote a number of books and papers two of which are of immense importance namely ( 1 ). India in Transition, about the prepartition politics of India and ( 2 ). World Enough & Time-The Memoirs of Sir Sultan Mohammed Shah, Aga Khan III, his autobiography.

The extent to which different markets are free, as well as the rules defining private property, is a matter of politics and policy.

The politics of Croatia are defined by a parliamentary, representative democratic republic framework, where the Prime Minister of Croatia is the head of government in a multi-party system.

In federal Australian politics, the conservative Liberal, National, Country Liberal and Liberal National parties are united in a coalition, known simply as the Coalition.

The most contentious subjects, topics or areas are politics, religion and sex.

Thus, for example, controversies in physics are limited to subject-areas where experiments cannot be carried out yet, whereas Benford's Law implies that controversy is inherent to politics, where communities must frequently decide on courses of action based on insufficient information.

Dilbert portrays corporate culture as a Kafkaesque world of bureaucracy for its own sake and office politics that stand in the way of productivity, where employees ' skills and efforts are not rewarded, and busy work is praised.

In total, there are 54 progress cards: 18 science, 18 politics, and 18 trade.

" Without these questions there is no clear fulcrum on which to balance law, politics, and the practice of arbitration — in fact, no common assumptions of all participants — so the ability to formulate the questions are prior to rights balancing.

Bioethicists are concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the relationships among life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, politics, law, and philosophy.

Religious political parties are not allowed as it would not respect the principle of non-interference of religion in politics and that religion has to remain in the private sphere to respect all beliefs.

According to a March 2004 BBC profile, politics within the country are dominated by tensions between Obiang's son, Teodorin, and other close relatives with powerful positions in the security forces.

Independent local sources of political information on Eritrean domestic politics are scarce ; in September 2001 the government closed down all of the nation's privately owned print media, and outspoken critics of the government have been arrested and held without trial, according to domestic and international observers, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.

Overlordship, for either reason, was a central feature of Anglo-Saxon politics ; it is known to have begun before Æthelberht's time, although the details are unknown, and kings were being described as overlords in this sense, as late as the ninth century.

Some people are skeptical of the environmental movement and feel that it is more deeply rooted in politics than science.

* Centrist evangelicals are described as socially conservative, mostly avoiding politics, who still support much of traditional Christian theology.

They are generally seen as tied to the " young guard " of Fatah politics, organizing young members on the street level, but it is not clear that they form a faction in themselves inside Fatah politics ; rather, different Brigades units may be tied to different Fatah factional leaders.

The politics of Libya are currently in a phase of transition.

Like virtually all governing institutions in mainland China, the politics of Shanghai is structured in a dual party-government system, in which the Communist Party Chief, officially termed the Communist Party of China Shanghai Municipal Committee Secretary ( currently Yu Zhengsheng ), outranks the Mayor ( currently Han Zheng ).

He has succeeded in establishing himself as claimant in the international press and currently ( in the politics of Iraq ) Prince Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein is the only Iraqi royal campaigning in Iraq for the return of a monarchy based on a constitutional monarchy.

Due to Stevens's long tenure and that of the state's sole congressman, Don Young, Alaska was considered to have clout in national politics well beyond its small population ( the state was long the smallest in population and is currently 47th, ahead of only Wyoming, North Dakota and Vermont ).

The abbreviation of the province is " 桂 " ( Pinyin: Guì ; Zhuang: Gvei ), which comes from the city of Guilin, the former capital, center of much of Guangxi's culture, politics, and history, and currently a major city in the autonomous region.

Though Finland is not currently pursuing any measures to reclaim Karelian lands ceded to Russia, the " Karelian Question " is still a topic present in Finnish politics, but it has never been discussed officially.

Zia is survived by his sons, Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq, ( born 1953 ), who went into politics and became a cabinet minister in the government of Nawaz Sharif, and Anwar-ul-Haq ( born 1950 ) and his daughters, Zian ( also Zain ) ( born 1972 ), a special needs child, and Rubina Salim, who is married to a Pakistani banker and has been living in the United States since 1980, and daughter Quratulain Zia who currently lives in London, and is married to Pakistani doctor, Adnan Majid.

Davey continued his creativity at the expense of currently established critical pieties in the poetry collections Dog ( 2002 ) and Risky Propositions ( 2005 ), both partly directed at identity politics, the ' flarf ' books Lack On!

Originally a small ethnic political group, Shas is currently Israel's fourth largest party in the Knesset, and, according to The Jewish Daily Forward, “ the unchallenged kingmaker of Israeli politics ”.

Catholics currently active in American politics are members of both major parties, and currently hold many important offices.

Anti-State nationalist organizations that explicitly describe their politics as Anarchist currently exist in Ireland and Brittany.

Musgrave currently works for the Susan B. Anthony List, a non-profit that supports pro-life women in politics.

He currently is mulling a return to politics, maybe to his former position.

Following her departure from politics, MacPhail married film and television producer James Shavick, and is currently a partner in his production firm Shavick Entertainment.

In state politics, Wangaratta is located in the Legislative Assembly district of Murray Valley currently held by the National Party of Australia.

Feiglin's politics are very different in a fundamental sense from most Israeli politicians currently serving in Israel's elected institutions, past or present.

Clarke is currently Chairman of Good Harbor Consulting, a strategic planning and corporate risk management firm ; an on-air consultant for ABC News, and a contributor to the Good Harbor Report – an online community discussing homeland security, defense, and politics.

It currently holds no seats in parliament and does not play any active role in Swedish politics.

Dean is currently an author, columnist, and commentator on contemporary politics, strongly critical of conservatism and the Republican Party, and a registered Independent who supported the impeachment of President George W. Bush.

On 26 July 2012, Jenkins announced that he would retire from politics at the next election, currently scheduled for 2013.

A number of members of Rajapaksa's family are currently active in politics.

For example, the Integral Institute currently has a number of branches including Integral psychology, Integral business, Integral politics, Integral medicine, Integral education, Integral ecology and sustainability, Integral law and criminal justice, Integral art, and Integral spirituality.