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The Evolution of Property Rights in Land The Evolution of Property Rights in Land
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The Institutional Pivot: The Bowring Treaty and the Loss of Sovereignty The Institutional Pivot: The Bowring Treaty and the Loss of Sovereignty
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Extraterritoriality and the Loss of Jurisdiction Extraterritoriality and the Loss of Jurisdiction
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Taxation and the Loss of Fiscal Autonomy Taxation and the Loss of Fiscal Autonomy
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Land Rights and Limitations on Foreign Economic Penetration Land Rights and Limitations on Foreign Economic Penetration
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The Basis of a Future Bargain The Basis of a Future Bargain
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The Strategic Advantages of (Selective) Backwardness The Strategic Advantages of (Selective) Backwardness
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A Strategy for Siamese State Preservation A Strategy for Siamese State Preservation
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Great Power Interests and the Neutralization of Siamese Lands Great Power Interests and the Neutralization of Siamese Lands
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Striking a Bargain: Trading Formal Land Rights for Jurisdiction Striking a Bargain: Trading Formal Land Rights for Jurisdiction
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Modernized Insecurity Modernized Insecurity
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Trading Land Rights for Jurisdiction Trading Land Rights for Jurisdiction
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Thinly Veiled Obstruction Thinly Veiled Obstruction
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Siam in Comparative Perspective: Japan Siam in Comparative Perspective: Japan
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Abstract
This chapter examines how security concerns counteracted the developmental impulse in Thailand. Property rights institutions were securitized by Siamese state officials in response to the military threat posed by colonial powers and to the broader security concerns provoked by provisions in international treaties with the European imperial powers. The Siamese state used land rights policy as an instrument to protect and eventually enhance its sovereign status and territorial integrity in the face of the threat of colonization. This chapter explores how the Bowring Treaty of 1855 and the Parkes agreement of 1856 between Britain and Siam influenced Thailand's formal property rights institutions as well as the country's quest for security in a precarious geopolitical context. It shows that the treaty provisions, including those covering extraterritoriality and taxation, constitute critical elements of the context within which the securitization mechanism operated. The chapter also compares the Thai experience with the Meiji-era land reforms in Japan.
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