Political Integration Policies of the Thai Government toward the Ethnic Malay Muslims of the Southernmost Thailand (1973-2000) demonstrates how the Thai government managed the problem of ethnic Malay-Muslim separatism in the southernmost provinces of the country. It traces the Thai government’s policies, the reactions of the ethic Malay-Muslims, and the determinants of both the government policies and the ethnic Malay Muslims’ responses during the democratization period in Thailand that began in 1973. It stresses the importance of political rules and institutions that shaped both the government’s approaches and the responses from the ethnic Malay-Muslims.