UID:
almafu_9960117007802883
Format:
1 online resource (xv, 328 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-316-32272-6
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1-316-30934-7
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1-316-32606-3
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1-316-32940-2
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1-316-28863-3
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1-316-33274-8
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1-107-65729-6
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1-316-31936-9
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1-107-44936-7
Content:
Based on extensive, empirical research, The Political Development of Modern Thailand analyses the country's political history from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Long known for political instability, Thailand was thrust into a deep state of crisis by a royalist military coup staged in 2006. Since then, conservative royalists have overthrown more elected governments after violent street protests, while equally disruptive demonstrations staged by supporters of electoral democracy were crushed by military force. Federico Ferrara traces the roots of the crisis to unresolved struggles regarding the content of Thailand's national identity, dating back to the abolition of absolute monarchy in 1932. He explains the conflict's re-intensification with reference to a growing chasm between the hierarchical worldview of Thailand's hegemonic 'royal nationalism' and the aspirations that millions of ordinary people have come to harbour as a result of modernisation.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2016).
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Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface; 1 Unfinished business; 2 The birth of 'Thainess'; 3 Revolution forsworn; 4 The age of betrayal; 5 The good dictatorship; 6 Rise of the politicians; 7 Barbarians at the gate; 8 State of unexception; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-316-31602-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-06181-4
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107449367
