皇家計畫為1969年普美蓬九世王所推行一系列的計畫，目的是為了革除山地的鴉片的種植以及維護高山的森林生態。現今，皇家計畫持續推行並且成立基金會，在高山民族生計部分持續其影響力。
本研究主要以阿卡族的咖啡產銷，來探討泰北山區中不同阿卡咖啡農如何因應環境因素與外在結構，在咖啡產銷中發展不同的行動策略。筆者透過行動者為導向的研究方法（actor-oriented approach）與Bourdieu的資本形式之累積來探討不同咖啡農在環境（或者稱為外部干預）與社會行動者接合互動時，參與者知識、權力之間的不對等關係，將會產生社會霸權、文化多樣性以及內在衝突，而這些外部因素內部化（internalized）後，如何對不同行動利益群體產生不同的影響。
本研究從公民身份、土地使用、當地咖啡產銷狀況，三個面向來解析當前美斯樂的社會結構狀況，續而討論不同行動者在咖啡產銷所構出的行動策略。本研究透過田野分析調查，觀察出四個研究發現：（一）皇家計畫在山地鄉村的運作機制；（二）不同資本量下的行動者所衍伸咖啡買賣策略差異；（三）政府實際在美斯樂山區的土地規範、國籍身份限制與農產收購管理；（四）不同世代移動之間的差異。另外，本研究也發現，為了維持生計，不同世代間的移動，逐漸從群體到個人的移動，同時衝擊了阿卡民族的社群與其傳統文化維護。
近十年內，國家治理改變阿卡族的生活型態，政府主導的皇家計畫引進咖啡豆等作物，取代高山民族原有的作物與耕作型態，也因此逐漸嵌入阿卡族的生活成為文化的一部分。

The Royal Project is a series of plans put forward by the Thailand King Rama IX, also known as BhumibolAdulyadej, a reign started in 1969. The initial objective of the Royal Project is to eliminate opium harvest and to preserve mountain landscape. The Royal Project to this day still has influenced over highland tribes’ livelihood. This thesis attempts to investigate the Akha’s coffee production in northern Thailand, providing insight into coffeemakers’ ensuing coffee production strategies and practices as the result of different socio-economic factors and structures.
Through the actor-oriented approach and the discussion of capital accumulation, this paper arrived at the conclusion that the interaction between coffee farmers and different social actors from both inside and outside their socio-economic circumstances not only gives rise to an unequal distribution of knowledge, power but also results in the creation of social hegemony, cultural diversities and inner conflicts. With these socio-economic factors mixed up and internalized, different actors end up with different influences.
This study delves into citizenship, land-use, local industrial situation when dissecting Mae Salong’s social structure and different actors’ strategies for coffee production in mountain-side Mae Salong. By ways of fieldwork investigation and information analysis, the researcher attained findings for the followings (1) the Royal Project’s operating mechanism in the rural mountainside. (2) coffee varieties derived using different cultivated plans funded by different capitals. (3) Local authorities’ land provisioning, nationality’s limitation and buyback management in the Mae Salong mountainside. (4) the diaspora among different generations. It’s worth noting that generational diaspora has been transiting from group based to individual based, significantly impacting Akha tribe’s social community and tradition culture. The Thai authority has over the past ten years been introducing farming technology and encouraging coffee production as the main cash crop for substituting tradition crop and farming practices, transforming Akha’s livelihood and culture.

目錄
摘要 i
Abstract ii
謝誌 iv
目錄 vi
圖表目錄 ix
表目錄 ix
第一章      緒論 1
一、 研究動機 1
（一）研究初衷與歷經過程—多族群樂園與我對美斯樂的誤解 1
（二）再訪美斯樂——只見殘影的阿卡族觀光業 2
（三）山頭另一端隱沒的咖啡——竄入的轉機 3
二、問題意識與研究設計 5
（一）問題意識 5
（二）行動者導向的研究方法 6
（三）以Bourdieu的資本形式作為分析 8
（四）研究書寫 9
（五）研究地點與研究期程 11
三、歷史背景與文獻回顧 12
（一）美斯樂的故事與歷史：從抗戰、農技專家與美斯樂咖啡起頭 12
（二）高山民族的文化、宇宙觀以及轉變 14
（三）泰國國家逐漸治理邊境山地的權力圖像 17
（四）轉向討論「被衝擊的社群」 19
四、章節安排 20
第二章、泰國北部農耕的脈絡轉變 22
一、Akha Zahˇ與燒墾農業（Qaiya-aneya）文化的相互依存 23
（一）阿卡族與其燒墾系統──刀耕火種 23
（二）耕作與阿卡文化信仰關係 24
二、罌粟佈滿山野──冷戰時邊境的多方政治角力 27
（一）娛樂藥物鴉片在亞洲的發展 27
（二）國民黨、鴉片、泰北金三角 29
（三）泰北滿山谷的鴉片——罌粟的易植性 31
三、阿卡族在泰國的逐漸被治理的軌跡 32
（一）國家的治理技術——進入山林，治理被染紅的高山民族 32
（二）政府開發山野——土地利用限制與作物耕作的轉變 34
（三）皇家計畫的開始 38
（四）咖啡豆進入泰國 41
四、小結 43
第三章 美斯樂的環境背景與其結構衝擊 45
一、美斯樂的定義與咖啡產銷 46
（一）「美斯樂」的定義與範圍 46
（二）美德村的咖啡產銷 47
二、皇家計畫對美斯樂農業的影響 50
（一）皇家計畫的真實面貌——美斯樂咖啡與皇家計畫的連結 50
（二）皇家計畫的爭議與實際狀況 53
三、山區的結構概況：身份、土地、咖啡產銷 54
（一）身份政策下的公民與非公民劃分 54
（二）土地所有權──使用以及劃分方式 59
（三）美斯樂觀光業——當地的經濟發展狀況 62
（四）美斯樂的薪資與工作狀況 66
（五）阿卡族與華人間的對峙、競奪與互助 68
四、小結 73
第四章 阿卡族對結構衝擊的回應 75
一、加入皇家計畫希望與掙扎 75
（一）阿黎的日常 75
（二）咖啡農對政府沒有信心下其他因應行動 78
二、除了皇家計畫的其他選項 82
（一）跨區域的價格戰——收購區域咖啡豆，進軍中低價市場 82
（二）被外界評價的咖啡豆——高價市場的種種試煉 87
三、小農的對策 92
（一）非公民農夫進入咖啡產銷—轉手交易免除限制 92
（二）離開自己的田，往外尋求發展機會 95
四、移動帶來的未來想像—咖啡的資本積累以及轉投資 99
（一）移動對不同世代的意義 100
（二）村莊的耳語，一個牽一個進入掏金夢 102
（三）移出的年輕臉孔—子女的留學打工，階級翻轉的未來夢 104
五、小結 107
第五章、結論 109
一、皇家計畫最壞的結果 109
二、論文的章節回顧與研究發現 110
（一）研究簡述 110
（二）皇家計畫在鄉村的運作狀況 112
（三）能動者之間的差異所衍生的咖啡行銷策略 113
（四）去中心化的邊境地區治理 115
（五）群體的移動逐漸從群體導向個人 116
三、不足之處與自省 116
四、結語 117
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外文文獻 120

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