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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 May 2015
      26 March 2015
      ISBN:
      9781107449367
      9781107061811
      9781107657298
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107449367
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.64kg, 346 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.52kg, 346 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Asian Studies, History, South-East Asian History, South-East Asian Government, Politics and Policy, Politics and International Relations
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, Asian Studies, History, South-East Asian History, South-East Asian Government, Politics and Policy, Politics and International Relations
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    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.

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    'The Political Development of Modern Thailand is a brilliant accomplishment. Its depth and erudition, its historical perspective and interpretive vigor, its closely argued analysis and attention to the disciplinary concerns of comparative politics, its intellectual unity, and, yes, even the quality of its writing make it a monument of scholarship.'

    Michael J. Montesano Source: Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia

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