Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Authored Books

• Ockey James. (2004) Making Democracy: Leadership, Class, Gender and Political Participation in Thailand. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. 233.

Edited Volumes

• Ockey J; Lutmar C (Ed.) (2019) Peacebuilding in the Asia-Pacific. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 261. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78595-0.

• Ockey J. (2007) Crossroads, 19(1). Special Issue: Thaksin and After: The Eclipse of Democracy in Thailand. DeKalb: Southeast Asia Publications (SEAP). 220pp.

Journal Articles

• Ockey J. (2020) FUTURE—FORWARD? THE PAST AND FUTURE OF THE FUTURE FORWARD PARTY. Southeast Asian Affairs 2020: 355-378.

• Ockey J. (2020) Pattani or Patani: Memory, forgetting, history, and the conflict in Southern Thailand. Asia Pacific Viewpoint http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/apv.12299.

• Ockey J. (2020) Thailand in 2019. Asian Survey 60(1): 117-124. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2020.60.1.117.

• Ockey J. (2017) Team Work: Shifting Patterns and Relationships in Local and National Politics in Thailand. Sojourn 32(3): 562-600. http://dx.doi.org/10.1355/sj32-3b.

• Ockey J. (2015) Benedict Anderson and Siam Studies. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 46(2): 293-309. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022463415000090.

• Ockey J. (2015) Thai Political Families: The Impact of Political Inheritance. TRaNS: Trans-Regional and National Studies of Southeast Asia 3(2): 191-211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/trn.2015.1.

• Ockey J. (2014) Thailand in 2013: The Politics of Reconciliation. Asian Survey 54(1): 39-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2014.54.1.39.

• Ockey J. (2013) Thailand in 2012: Reconciling a New Normal. Asian Survey 53(1): 126-133. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2013.53.1.126.

• Ockey J. (2011) Individual Imaginings: The Religio-Nationalist Pilgrimages of Haji Sulong Abdulkadir al-Fatani. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 42(1): 89-119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002246341000055X.

• Ockey J. (2010) Red democracy, yellow democracy: political conflict in Thailand. New Zealand International Review 35(6): 8-12.

• Ockey J. (2008) Thailand in 2007: The Struggle to Control Democracy. Asian Survey 48(1): 20-28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2008.48.1.20.

• Ockey J. (2007) Alternative Explanations for the 2006 Coup in Thailand. Crossroads 19(1): 5-19.

• Ockey J. (2007) Thailand in 2006: Retreat to Military Rule. Asian Survey 47(1): 133-140. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2007.47.1.133.

• Ockey J. (2007) Thailand's 'Professional Soldiers' and Coup-making: The Coup of 2006. Crossroads 19(1): 95-127.

• Ockey J. (2007) The king never smiles: A biography of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej.. PACIFIC AFFAIRS 80(1): 126-128.

• Ockey J. (2005) Monarch, monarchy, succession and stability in Thailand. Asia Pacific Viewpoint 46(2): 115-127. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8373.2005.00267.x.

• Ockey J. (2005) Monarch, Monarchy, Succession and Stability in Thailand. Asia Pacific Viewpoint 46(August): 115-127.

• Ockey J. (2005) Variations on a theme: Societal cleavages and party orientations through multiple transitions in Thailand. Party Politics 11(6): 728-747. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354068805057607.

• Ockey J. (2005) Variations on a Theme: Societal Cleavages and Party Orientations Through Multiple Transitions in Thailand. Party Politics 11(November): 728-747.

• Ockey J. (2004) Botrian jak prawatsat: Haji Sulong kap jangwat Muslim phak tai [Lessons From History: Haji Sulong and the Southern Muslim Provinces]. Sinlapawatthanatham 25(April 2004): 100-109.

• Ockey J. (2004) State, Bureaucracy and Polity in Modern Thai Politics. Journal of Contemporary Asia 34(2): 143-162.

• Ockey J. (2003) Change and continuity in the Thai political party system. Asian Survey 43(4): 663-680. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2003.43.4.663.

• Ockey J. (2003) Change and Continuity in the Thai Political Party System. Asian Survey 43(July/August 2003): 663-680.

• Ockey J. (2001) McJihad: Globalization and the Future of Nationalism. Political Science 53: 56-66.

• Ockey J. (2001) Review Essay: McJihad: Globalization and the Future of Nationalism. Political Science 53(1): 56-66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/003231870105300106.

• Ockey J. (1999) God Mothers, Good Mothers, Good Lovers, Godmothers: Gender Images in Thailand. Journal of Asian Studies 58(November): 1033-1058.

• Ockey J. (1999) Thailand's struggle for democracy: The life and times of M.R. Seni Pramoj.. JOURNAL OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES 30(1): 194-196.

• Ockey J. (1997) Review: Values, Culture, Development and Democracy in Southeast Asia. Asia Pacific Viewpoint 38(April): 81-85.

• Ockey J. (1997) Weapons of the Urban Weak: Democracy and Resistance to Eviction in Bangkok Slum Communities. Sojourn 12(April): 1-25.

• Ockey J. (1996) Eviction and changing patterns of leadership in Bangkok slum communities. Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars 28(2): 46-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14672715.1996.10416200.

• Ockey J. (1996) Thai society and patterns of political leadership. Asian Survey 36(4): 345-359. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.1996.36.4.01p0123g.

• Ockey J. (1993) Chaopho, Capital Accumulation, and Social Welfare in Thailand. Crossroads: an interdisciplinary journal of Southeast Asian studies 8(number 1).

• Ockey J. (1993) Kankhorapchan kap phak kanmuang [Corruption and Political Parties]. Warasan Thammasat 19(May-August 2993).

Chapters

• Ockey J. (2019) Order and Chaos: Military Government and the Middle Classes in Thailand. In Ratuva S; Compel R; Aguilar S (Ed.), Guns & Roses: Comparative Civil-Military Relations in the Changing Security Environment: 153-177. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2008-8_9.

• Ockey J. (2018) Introduction: From conflict to enduring peace. In Lutmar C; Ockey J (Ed.), Peacebuilding in the Asia-Pacific: 1-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78595-0_1.

• Ockey J. (2018) Introduction: From Conflict to Enduring Peace. In Lutmar C; Ockey J (Ed.), Peacebuilding in the Asia-Pacific: 1-21. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78595-0_1.

• Ockey J. (2018) Politics of Thailand. Oxford Bibliographies [online]Oxford University Press.

• Ockey J. (2017) การเลีอกตั้งและบูรฌาการทางการเมีองในภาคใต้ของไทย. In Montesano M; Jory P (Ed.), ไทยใต้ มลายูเหนือ ปฏิสัมพันธ์ทางชาติพันธ์บนคาบสมุทรแห่งความหลากหลาย: 143-177. Nakhon Srithammarat: Walailak University and the Thailand Research Fund.

• Ockey J. (2015) Madness, Authoritarianism, and Political Participation: The Curious Case of Cham Jamratnet. In Peleggi M (Ed.), A Sarong for Clio: Essays on the Intellectual and Cultural History of Thailand - Inspired by Craig J. Reynolds: 119-142. Ithaca: Cornell Southeast Asia Publications.

• Ockey J. (2014) Broken Power: The Thai Military in the Aftermath of the 2006 Coup. In Chachavalpongpun P (Ed.), Good Coup Gone Bad: Thailand's Political Development Since Thaksin's Downfall: 49-78. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

• Ockey J. (2010) Political Parties, Factions and Corruption in Thailand. In Hicken A (Ed.), Politics of Modern Southeast Asia: Critical Issues in Modern Politics, Vol. III Regimes and Institutions: 197-221. New York: Routledge.

• Ockey J. (2009) Thailand in 2008: Democracy and Street Politics. In Singh D (Ed.), Southeast Asian Affairs 2009: 315-333. Singapore: ISEAS.

• Ockey J. (2008) Elections and Political Integration in the Lower South of Thailand. In Montesano M; Jory P (Ed.), Thai South and Malay North: Ethnic Interactions on a Plural Peninsula: 124-154. Singapore: NUS Press.

• Ockey J. (2005) Creating the thai middle class. Culture and Privilege in Capitalist Asia: 231-351. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203982075-17.

• Ockey J. (2004) Botnam Kiattiyot [Honorary Forward]. In Chalermkiat Chunkhruthot (Ed.), Hayi Sulong Abdunkadae: kabot rue wiraburut haeng si jangwat phak tai [Haji Sulong Abdulqadir: Rebel or Hero of the Four Southern Thai Provinces]: 9-29. Bangkok: Sinlapawatthanatham/Matichon Publishing Group.

• Ockey J. (2002) Civil Society and Street Politics in Historical Perspective. In McCargo D (Ed.), Reforming Thai Politics: 291pp. Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.

• Ockey J. (2001) On the Express, and Under It: Representations of the Middle Class, the Poor, and Democracy in Thailand. In Yao Souchou (Ed.), House of Glass: Culture, Modernity, and the State in Southeast Asia: 313-337. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

• Ockey J. (2001) Thailand: The Struggle to Redefine Civil-Military Relations. In Muthiah Alagappa (Ed.), Coercion and Governance: The Declining Political Role of the Military in Asia: 187-208. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

• Ockey J. (2000) The Rise of Local Power in Thailand: Provincial Crime, Elections, and the Bureaucracy. In McVey R (Ed.), Money and Power in Provincial Thailand: 74-96. Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies/Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

• Ockey J. (1999) Constructing The Thai Middle Class. In Pinches M (Ed.), Culture and Privilege in Capitalist Asia: 230-250. London: Routledge.

• Ockey J. (1998) Crime, Society and Politics in Thailand. In Trocki C (Ed.), Gangsters, Democracy and the State in Southeast Asia: 39-53. Ithaca: Cornell University Southeast Asia program.

• Ockey J. (1997) Thailand in 1996: The Crafting of Democracy. In Daljit Singh (Ed.), Southeast Asian Affairs: 301-316. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

Discussion/Working Papers

• Ockey James. (2014) Dissolving Colours? Reconciliation in Thailand. Bercovitch Data Centre for Conflict Mediation and Peace-Building Working Paper no. 1.

Conference Contributions - Published

• Ockey J.. (2013) Family politics and democracy: Thailand in comparative perspective. Published in the conference proceedings. In.

Reports

• Ockey J. (2020) "Thai Parliamentarians," containing data on all members of the Thai parliament since 1932..

• Ockey J. (2019) "Thai Parliamentarians," containing data on all members of the Thai parliament since 1932..

• Ockey J. (2011) "Thai Parliamentarians", containing data on all members of the Thai parliament since 1932.Computer database.

• Ockey J. (2010) "Thai Parliamentarians", containing data on all members of the Thai parliament since 1932.Computer database.

• Ockey J. (2009) "Thai Parliamentarians", containing data on all members of the Thai parliament since 1932.Computer database.

Other

• Ockey J. (2019) "Can Thailand’s junta manage the election’s outcome?". Canberra: ANU. [East Asia Forum, "Can Thailand’s junta manage the election’s outcome?" East Asia Forum, online at https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2019/03/20/can-thailands-junta-manage-the-elections-outcome/].

• Ockey J. (2019) "Commentary: The return of Prayut as prime minister almost certain when Thais head to polls in March.". Singapore: Channel News Asia. [Channel News Asia Website, "Commentary: The return of Prayut as prime minister almost certain when Thais head to polls in March," Channel News Asia 3 February 2019, online at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/thailand-election-general-p].

• Ockey J. (2019) "Thailand’s elections in 2019 will test Prayuth’s political strategy.". Canberra: ANU. [East Asia Forum, "Thailand’s elections in 2019 will test Prayuth’s political strategy," East Asia Forum, online at https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2019/01/29/thailands-elections-in-2019-will-test-prayuths-political-strategy/].

• Ockey J. (2018) Elections won’t give Thailand’s junta legitimacy. East Asia Forum 3 Ahttp://www.eastasiaforum.org/20 Canberra: The Australian National University. [East Asia Forum].

• Ockey J. (2018) Sophorntavy Vorng, A Meeting of Masks: Status, Power and Hierarchy in Bangkok. Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 2017; xii+194pp. SOJOURN: Journal of social issues in Southeast Asia 33(2): 423-426. http://dx.doi.org/10.1355/sj33-2k. [Book Review].

• Ockey J. (2017) "Thai Parliamentarians", containing data on all members of the Thai parliament since 1932, currently expanding to include Thai senates. [Computer database].

• Ockey J. (2017) Soldiers and Civilians: The Turning Point in Thailand’s Governance. Asia New Zealand Foundation Bulleti http://www.asianz.org.nz/bulletin/soldiers-and-civ(January 2017) [Online].

Conference Contributions - Other

• Ockey J. (2019) "Future Forward and the Thai Elections of 2019". University of Canterbury: New Zealand Political Studies Association Annual Conference, 29 Nov 2019.

• Ockey J. (2018) "The Evolution of Family Politics in Thailand: Promoting the Brand.". Yardley Study Centre Rochester and Rutherford Hall, University of Canterbury Christchurch: International Conference on Family Politics and Elections in Southeast Asia, 3 Aug 2018.

• Ockey J. (2017) Keynote Address, Social Sciences Section, "Globalism and Populism: Social and Political Implications of Rapid Technological Change". Rangsit University, Pathumthani, Thailand: The Post Twenty-First Century Disruptive Technology: Economic, Social and Political Implications. Rangsit International Research Conference 2017, 28 Apr 2017.

• Ockey J. (2017) Order and Chaos: Military Government and the Middle Classes in Thailand. Christchurch: IPSA Research Committee Redefining the Role of the Military in Democratisation, 4-5 Jul 2017.

• Ockey J. (2015) Thaksin's Grand Bargain: Local and National Politics in Contemporary Thailand. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: 21st New Zealand Asian Studies Society Conference, 29 Nov-1 Dec 2015.

• Nicole R. and Ockey J. (2013) Post-conflict peace-building and civil military relations: Fiji in transition. Christchurch, New Zealand: Marsden Workshop on Building Enduring Peace in the Asia-Pacific, 30 Nov-1 Dec 2013.

• Ockey James. (2013) Civil-Military Relations in Post-Transition Fiji. Christchurch, New Zealand: New Zealand Political Studies Association Annual Conference, 2-3 Dec 2013.

• Ockey J. (2012) Panel Discussant, Historical Contexts of National Identities. Korea and Vietnam: The National Experiences and Foreign Policies of Middle Powers. Stanford, CA, USA: The Fourth Annual Koret Conference, 2-2 Mar 2012.

• Ockey J. (2011) Broken Power: The Thai Military in the Aftermath of the 2006 Coup. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore: Conference on Five Years After the Military Coup: Thailand's Political Developments Since Thaksin's Downfall, 19-19 Sep 2011.

• Ockey J. (2009) Public Opinion and Nuclear Power in Thailand. Christchurch, New Zealand: Workshop on Preparing for Nuclear Expansion in Southeast Asia, 26-28 Aug 2009.

• Ockey J. and Tiebtienrat C. (2009) Primary Colors: Civil Society and Democracy in Contemporary Thailand. Wellington, New Zealand: 18th New Zealand Asian Studies Society International Conference 2009, 6-8 Jul 2009.

• Aphornsuvan T., Bonura C., Dorairajoo S., Molnar A., Ockey J. and Wongsuphap S. (2008) Roundtable: The Royal Thai Army, Counter-Insurgency, and the Conflict in the South. Atlanta, GA, USA: The Association for Asia Studies Annual Meeting 2008 (AAS), 3-6 Apr 2008.

• Ockey J. (2008) The Partisanship Dilemma and Democratization in Thailand. Bangkok, Thailand: 10th Annual Conference on Thai Studies, 9-11 Jan 2008.

• Ockey J. (2006) Civil Society in Thailand. Washington, DC, USA: Thailand: The Way Forward Conference, 20-21 Apr 2006.

• Ockey J. (2006) Promising Candidates: Populism and Mass Appeal in Thai Politics. Madison, WI, USA: 55th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs and the Council on Thai Studies, 20-22 Oct 2006.

• Ockey J. (2006) The Past in the Present: Muslim (Patanian?) Insurgency in Southern Thailand. The Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Ohio University, OH, USA: Symposium on Politics and Possibilities in Southeast Asia, 13-13 May 2006.

• Ockey J. (2005) Madness, Authoritarianism, and Political Participation: The Curious Case of Cham Jamratnet. The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia: Asia-Pacific Week, 31 Jan 2005.

• Ockey J. (2005) Pilgrims, Spectres and World-Reforming: The Religio-Nationalist Pilgrimage of Haji Sulong Abdulkadir al Fattani. Ann Arbor, MI, USA: Southeast Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference on Whose Democracy? Conflict, Negotiation and Transformation in Southeast Asia, 31 Mar 2006.

• Ockey J. (2005) Thai Rak Thai and the Contemporary Elections: A Return to the Government Party? Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA: The Ninth International Conference on Thai Studies, 3 Apr 2005.

• Ockey J. (2004) A Tale of Two Families: Muslim Political Dynasties in Pattani. Walailak University, Nakhon Sithamarat, Thailand: A Plural Peninsula: Historical Interactions among the Thai, Malays, Chinese, and Others, 1 Feb 2004.

• Ockey J. (2004) Electing Integration? Campaigning, Elections and Political Integration in the South of Thailand. The Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford: Conflict, Violence and Displacement in Southern Philippines and Thailand, 1 Oct 2004.

• Ockey J. and Arunrugstichai S. (2003) Join the Party! Party-Switching and Politics in Thailand. Auckland, New Zealand: New Zealand Asian Studies Association, 1 Nov 2003.

• Ockey J. (2001) Campaign Posters in the 2001 Parliamentary Election. Melbourne, Australia: The Australian Thai Studies Conference, 1 Jul 2001.

• Ockey J. (1999) Auld Lang Syne: Civil Military Relations in Thailand, Revised Draft. Bangkok, Thailand: Second Workshop on Civil-Military Relations in Asia, 1 Jan 1999.

• Ockey J. (1999) Civil Society and Street Politics: Lessons From the Fifties. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Thai Studies Conference, 1 Jul 1999.

• Ockey J. (1998) Auld Lang Syne: Civil Military Relations in Thailand. Hawaii, HI, USA: Workshop on Civil-Military Relations in Asia, 1 Jan 1998.

• Ockey J. (1998) God Mothers, Good Mothers, Good Lovers, Godmothers: Gender Images in Thailand. Christchurch, New Zealand: Australasian Political Studies Association, 1 Sep 1998.

• Ockey J. (1997) On the Expressway, And Under It: Representations of the Middle Class, the Poor, and Democracy in Thailand. Palmerston North, New Zealand: New Zealand Asian Studies Society, 1 Nov 1997.

Oral Presentations

• Ockey J. (2019) Interview, Thai Election Results (Live). Singapore: Channel News Asia.

• Ockey J. (2017) Thai Political Parties in Comparative Perspective (3 hours, in Thai). Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand: Chiang Mai University Research Seminar, 22 Feb 2017.

• Ockey J. (2016) Political Reform: Similarities, Differences, Shared Values. Institute of Security and International Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand: Track Two Diplomacy Event, New Zealand and Thailand, 02 Dec 2016.

• Ockey J. (2012) Family Matters? Political Families in Thai Parliamentary Politics. Singapore: Presentation at the Asia Research Institute..

• Ockey J. (2012) Of Loyalty and Lese Majeste: The Politics of the Thai Military since the 2006 Coup. Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California: Presentation to a joint seminar of the Naval Postgraduate School, the Defense Language Institute, and the Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California..

• Ockey J. (2012) Political Inheritance and Hybrid Democracy: Family Politics and Democracy in Thailand. Stanford, CA, USA: Stanford University, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center.

• Ockey J. (2012) Politics as an Inheritance: Family Politics and Democracy in Thailand. National University of Singapore: Lee Kong Chian NUS Stanford Initiative on Southeast Asia Presentation.

• Ockey J. (2012) Red, Yellow, Green, and Pink: The Thai Military since the 2006 coup. University of California Berkeley Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Berkeley, Cali: Invited Speaker.

Editorial Work

• Asian Politics and Policy Editorial Board Member ( 2009 - 2021)
• Paradigms from Asian Politics Series Editor ( 2010 - 2021)
• Routledge Book Series: International Relations in Southeast Asia Editorial Advisory Board Member ( 2017 - 2021)

Review and Refereeing

• Article manuscripts and various journals ( 1997 - 2002)
• Asian Politics and Policy ( 2004 - 2021)
• Asian Survey ( 2004 - 2021)
• Journal of Southeast Asian Studies ( 2004 - 2021)
• Legislative Studies Quarterly ( 2004 - 2021)
• Party Politics ( 2004 - 2021)