Abstract This article approaches the long-standing instability in the southernmost part of Thailand, where a vast majority of the population is Muslim, from a law and development perspective. The instability has resulted from a highly complicated conflict, of which religious and ethnic differences, political conflict, and even organized crime are generally claimed as the main causes. The article directs its attention to a sense of resentment among the Muslim population, which has arisen from enduring economic disparities and injustice they have suffered at the hands of the authorities. Addressing these two closely related issues certainly does not lead to a resolution of the conflict, but tackling them in an interrelated manner at least clarifies one of its significant aspects and contributes in a meaningful way to the ongoing search for a sustainable peace in Thailand’s southernmost region. The law and development approach we have adopted for this study attempts to show how the existing regulatory design (laws, legal frameworks, institutions) has been implemented – that is, how it has been complied with in terms of generation of action programs and strategies (in the form of security operations and development initiatives) and to what effect. Based on our findings, the quality of the implementation represents a major condition for the failure of the law and development implementation in Thailand’s Deep South. We therefore highlight the necessity of genuine political will and the enhancement of the state capacity for law enforcement through eradication of corruption and opportunistic crime as a feasible solution in this context.

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通过法律与发展解决泰国深南地区的动荡

摘要本文从法律和发展的角度探讨了泰国最南部地区长期存在的动荡局面，那里的绝大多数人口是穆斯林。不稳定是由于高度复杂的冲突造成的，其中普遍认为宗教和种族差异，政治冲突甚至有组织犯罪是主要原因。这篇文章将注意力集中在穆斯林人口中的一种不满情绪上，这种不满情绪是由于当局所承受的持久的经济差距和不公正所引起的。解决这两个密切相关的问题当然不会导致冲突的解决，但是以相互关联的方式解决这些问题至少可以阐明其重要方面之一，并以有意义的方式为目前在泰国最南端地区寻求可持续和平做出贡献。我们在本研究中采用的法律与发展方法试图说明如何实施现有的监管设计（法律，法律框架，机构），也就是说，如何在制定行动计划和策略方面予以遵守（ （以安全运营和开发计划的形式）以及达到什么效果。根据我们的发现，实施质量代表了泰国深南地区法律和发展实施失败的主要条件。