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Calderazzo, John. “Meditation in a Thai Forest.” Audubon 93, no. 1 (1991): 84–91.

Changchit, P. “Monks and Development: The Educational Role of Buddhist Monks in Bangkok.” Ph.D. diss., Monash University (Australia), 1995.

Cohen, Paul T. “The Sovereignty of Dhamma and Economic Development: Buddhist Social Ethics in Rural Thailand.” Journal of the Siam Society 72, nos. 1–2 (1984): 197–211.

Cyr, Tim. “A Study in Economics and Religion: The Relationship between Buddhism and Capitalism in Thailand.” M.D.E. thesis, Dalhousie University (Canada), 1994.

Darlington, Susan Marie. “The Ordination of a Tree: The Buddhist Ecology Movement in Thailand.” Ethnology 37, no. 1 (1998): 1–15.
_______. “Monks and Environmental Conservation: A Case Study in Nan Province.” Seeds of Peace 9, no. 1 (1993): 7–10.
_______. “Buddhism, Morality and Change: The Local Response to Development in Northern Thailand.” Ph.D. diss., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1990.

Getz, Andrew. “A Natural Being: A Monk's Reforestation Project in Thailand.” Buddhist Peace Fellowship Newsletter (Winter 1991): 24–25.

Gohlert, Ernst W. Power and Culture: The Struggle Against Poverty in Thailand. Bangkok; Cheney: White Lotus, 1991.
_______. “Buddhist Development: An Alternative Model?” In Power and Culture: The Struggle Against Poverty in Thailand, ed. Ernst W. Gohlert, 147–67. Bangkok; Cheney: White Lotus, 1991.
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Gosling, David L. “Thailand: A Case Study.” In Religion and Ecology in India and Southeast Asia, ed. David L. Gosling, 86–109. London/New York: Routledge, 2001.
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_______. “The Changing Roles of Thailand’s Lay Nuns (mae chii).” Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science 26, no. 1 (1998): 121–43.
_______. “Urban Thai Buddhist Attitudes to Development.” Journal of the Siam Society 84, no. 2 (1996): 103–20.
_______. “Thailand’s Bare-Headed Doctors: Thai Monks in Rural Health Care.” Journal of the Siam Society 74 (1986): 83–106.
_______. “Thailand’s Bare-Headed Doctors.” Modern Asian Studies 19, part 4 (1985): 761–96.
_______. “Thai Monks in Rural Development.” Southeast Asian Journal of Social Sciences 9, nos. 1–2 (1981): 74–85.
_______. “The Scientific and Religious Beliefs of Thai Scientists and Their Inter-Relationship.” Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science 4, no. 1 (1976): 1–18.

Grady, Carla Deicke. “A Buddhist Response to Modernization in Thailand, With Particular Reference to Conservationist Forest Monks.” Ph.D. diss., University of Hawaii, 1995.

Handley, Paul. “Action Before Words.” Far Eastern Economic Review 153, no. 27 (4 July 1991): 24–26.

Hayami, Yoko. “Buddhist Missionary Project in the Hills of Northern Thailand: A Case Study From a Cluster of Karen Villages” (in Japanese; English abstract). Southeast Asian Studies (Kyoto, Japan) 32, no. 2 (1994): 231–50.

Janyakul, S. “Dhamma and Grassroots Development Movements in Rural Thailand.” Ph.D. diss., University of Wales, Swansea (U.K.), 1994.

Kaiser, Peter. “Medical Professionals and Their Religious Background: Is There an Impact on Therapy? The Case of Buddhadasa Bhikku, Thailand.” Curare 22, no. 2 (1999): 199–207.

Kapur-Fic, Alexandra R. Thailand: Buddhism, Society, and Women. New Delhi: Abhinav Publications, 1998.

Kaye, Lincoln. “Of Cabbages and Cultures: Buddhist ‘Greens’ Aim to Oust Thailand’s Hill Tribes.” Far Eastern Economic Review 150 (13 December 1990): 35–37.

Ketudat, Sippanondha, et al. The Middle Path for the Future of Thailand: Technology in Harmony with Culture and Environment. Honolulu, Hawaii: Institute of Culture and Communication, East-West Center; Chiang Mai, Thailand: Faculty of the Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, 1990.

Keyes, Charles F. “Buddhist Economics and Buddhist Fundamentalism in Burma and Thailand.” In Fundamentalisms and the State: Remaking Polities, Economies, and Militance, eds. Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby, 367–409. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 1993.

The Fundamentalism Project, vol. 3. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 1993.
_______. “Economic Action and Buddhist Morality in a Thai Village.” Journal of Asian Studies 42, no. 4 (1983): 851–68.

Lakanavichian, Sureerat. “The State and Buddhist Philosophy in Resource Conflicts and Conservation in Northern Thailand.” Ph.D. diss., University of California, Berkeley, 1995.

Ling, T. O. “Buddhist Factors in Population Growth and Control: A Survey Conducted in Thailand and Ceylon.” Population Studies 23, no. 1 (1969): 53–60.

Luther, H. U. “Buddhist Economics and Environment Protection—Another Utopia or a Quiet Revolution in the Thai Countryside?” Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference on Thai Studies, London, 1993.

Marek, John Carl. “Thai Buddhist and Peoples’ Theories of Human Development: Implications for National Planning.” Ph.D. diss., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1984.

Marek, John Carl, and Soawakon Marek. “Buddhists’ Replies to Questions about Development.” In Oriental Theories of Human Development: Scriptural and Popular Beliefs From Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Shinto, and Islam, ed. R. Murray Thomas, 213–41. New York: Peter Lang, 1988.

Mulder, J. A. Niels. Monks, Merit and Motivation: Buddhism and National Development in Thailand. De Kalb, Ill.: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University, 1977.
_______. Monks, Merit and Motivation: An Exploratory Study of the Social Functions of Buddhism in Thailand in Processes of Guided Social Change. De Kalb, Ill.: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University, 1969.

Muscat, Robert J. The Fifth Tiger: A Study of Thai Development Policy. Helsinki, Finland: United Nations University Press; Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, c1994.

Ngaosivat, Mayoury. On the Edge of the Pagoda: Lao Women in Buddhism. Working paper series: Thai Studies Project, Women in Development Consortium in Thailand, paper no. 5. Toronto: York University, 1990.

Natadecha-Sponsel, Poranee. “Nature and Culture in Thailand: The Implementation of Cultural Ecology and Environmental Education through the Application of Behavioral Sociology.” Ph.D. diss., University of Hawaii, 1991.

Niti Pawakapan. “Making Money and Merit: Traders in Northwest Thailand.” Ph.D. diss., Australian National University, 1995.

Nozu, K. “Buddhist Monks and Community Development—Involvement of Monks in Development Activities in Thailand” (in Japanese). Nampo Bunka no.19 (1992): 117–28.

Pinit Ratanakul. “Buddhism, Health, Disease, and Thai Culture.” In A Cross-Cultural Dialogue on Health Care Ethics, eds. Harold Coward and Pinit Ratanakul, 17–33. Waterloo, Ontario: Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, University of Victoria; Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1999.

Roongraung Boonyoros. “Buddhist Ethics in Everyday Life in Thailand: A Village Experiment.” In Buddhist Ethics and Modern Society: An International Symposium, eds. Charles Wei-Hsun Fu and Sandra A.Wawrytko, 215–28. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991.

Sanit Wongsprasert. “Impact of the Dhammacarik Bhikkus’ Programme on the Hill Tribes of Thailand.” In Ethnic Conflict in Buddhist Societies: Sri Lanka, Thailand and Burma, eds. K. M. de Silva, et al., 126–37. London: Pinter; Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1988.

Seri Phongphit. Religion in a Changing Society: Buddhism, Reform, and the Role of Monks in Community Development in Thailand. Hong Kong: Arena Press, 1988.
_______. “A Buddhist-Christian Search for an Alternative Development Model for Thailand.” In Culture and Technological Development in Southeast Asia, eds. Bernhard Dahm and Götz Link, 94–97. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 1988.

Somboon Suksamran. “Religion, Politics and Development: The Thai Sangha’s Role in National Development and Integration.” Southeast Asian Journal of Social Sciences 9, nos. 1–2 (1981): 54–73.
_______. “A Buddhist Approach to Development: The Case of ‘Development Monks’ in Thailand.” In Reflections on Development in South East Asia, ed. Lim Teck Ghee, 26–48. Singapore: ASEAN Economic Research Unit, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1988.

Sponsel, Leslie E., and Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel. “The Role of Buddhism in Creating a More Sustainable Society in Thailand.” In Counting the Costs: Economic Growth and Environmental Change in Thailand, ed. Jonathan Rigg, 27–46. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1995.

Sponsel, Leslie E., and Poranee Natadecha. “Buddhism, Ecology, and Forests in Thailand: Past, Present, and Future.” In Changing Tropical Forests: Historical Perspectives on Today’s Challenges in Asia, Australasia, and Oceania: Workshop Meeting, Canberra 16–18 May 1988, eds. John Dargavel, Kay Dixon, and Noel Semple, 305–25. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, 1988.

Sponsel, Leslie E., et al. “Sacred and/or Secular Approaches to Biodiversity Conservation in Thailand.” Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion 2, no. 2 (1998): 155–67.

Sulak Sivaraksa. “Thai Spirituality and Modernization.” In Buddhist Spirituality, ed. Takeuchi Yoshinori, 112–19. New York: Crossroad, 1994.
_______. The Religious and Cultural Data Center for Education and Development: The Thai Inter-Religious Commission for Development. Occasional Paper. Bangkok: Santi Pracha Dhamma Institute, 1989.
_______. A Socially Engaged Buddhism: By a Controversial Siamese. Bangkok: Thai Inter-Religious Commission for Development, 1988.
_______. “Rural Poverty and Development in Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines.” The Ecologist 15, nos. 5–6 (1985): 266–68.
_______. Siamese Resurgence: A Thai Buddhist on Asia and a World of Change. Bangkok: Asian Cultural Forum on Development, 1985.
_______. “Buddhism and Development—A Thai Perspective.” Ching Feng: Quarterly Notes on Christianity and Chinese Religion and Culture (Hong Kong) 26, no. 2–3 (1983): 123–33.
_______. A Buddhist Vision for Renewing Society: Collected Articles by a Concerned Thai Intellectual. Bangkok: Thai Watana Panish Co., 1981.
_______. “Thai Buddhism and National Development.” In Religion and Development in Asian Societies: Papers Presented at the Seminar on ‘Religion and Development in Asian Societies,’ 64–73. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Marga Publications, 1973.

Suwanna Satha-Anand. “Religious Movements in Contemporary Thailand: Buddhist Struggles for Modern Relevance.” Asian Survey 30, no. 4 (1990): 395–408.

Swearer, Donald K. “Sulak Sivaraksa's Buddhist Vision for Renewing Society.” Crossroads (Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, Ill.) 6, no. 2 (1991): 17–57.

Tatsanee Setboonsaring. “A Buddhist Alternative Development Model: Thailand as a Case Study.” Asian Review: Journal of the Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkhon University 6 (1992): 49–75.
_______. “A Buddhist Alternative Development Model: Thailand as a Case Study.” Master’s thesis, University of Oregon, 1989.

Taylor, Jim L. “‘Thamma-chaat’: Activist Monks and Competing Discourses of Nature and Nation in Northeastern Thailand.” In Seeing Forests for Trees: Environment and Environmentalism in Thailand, ed. Philip Hirsch, 37–52. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Silkworm Books, 1996.
_______. Forest Monks and the Nation-State: An Anthropological and Historical Study in Northeastern Thailand. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1993.
_______. “Buddhist Revitalization, Modernization and Social Change in Contemporary Thailand.” Sojourn 8, no. 1 (1993): 62–91.
_______. “Social Activism and Resistance on the Thai Frontier: The Case of Phra Prajak Khuttajitto.” Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars 25, no. 2 (1993): 3–16.
_______. “Living on the Rim: Ecology and Forest Monks in Northeast Thailand.” Sojourn 6, no. 1 (1991): 106–25.

Visalo, P. P. “The Forest Monastery and its Relevance to Modern Thai Society.” In Radical Conservatism: Buddhism in the Contemporary World: Articles in Honour of Bhikku Buddhadasa’s 84th Birthday Anniversary, 288–300. Bangkok: Thai Inter-Religious Commission for Development/ International Network of Engaged Buddhists, 1990.

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