Thesis
What it means to be a zero: the meaning of legal status, restrictions and freedom among stateless people in northern Thailand
- Abstract:
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This research explores the everyday lived experiences of de jure statelessness in northern Thailand. The region is home to approximately 200,000 registered stateless people—including ethnically non-Thai groups in the borderlands, undocumented migrants, and their children. Despite ties to Thailand—by birth, long-term residence, documentation, and even ancestry—they remain without Thai citizenship for varied reasons, such as ethnicized politics of identity amid changing geopolitics and...
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+ McConnell, F
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- SSD
- Department:
- SOGE
- Sub department:
- Geography
- Oxford college:
- St Catherine's College
- Role:
- Supervisor
- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-3841-4263
+ Klinke, I
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- SSD
- Department:
- SOGE
- Oxford college:
- St John's College
- Role:
- Supervisor
- DOI:
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Language:
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English
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- Subjects:
- Deposit date:
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2026-01-24
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- Copyright holder:
- Jin Hee Lim
- Copyright date:
- 2025
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