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A kingdom in crisis : Thailand's struggle for democracy in the twenty-first century /
A fascinating, engaged account of a country on the brink of change.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Zed Books,
2015.
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
| Colección: | Asian arguments.
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I: Royalty versus reality
- 1. 'When the legends die, all collapses'
- Thailand's political awakening
- 2. 'In a never-never land, never mind'
- welcome to the land of smiles
- 3. 'Cosmological bluster'
- the dramatics of despotism
- Part II: Thai-style democracy and its discontents
- 4. 'Our country belongs to the people
- not to the king'
- Thailand's unfinished revolution
- 5. 'I really am an elected king'
- the royalist revival
- 6. 'There is magic, goodness and power in his heart'
- the deification of Rama IX
- Part III: The secrets of succession
- 7. 'Endless struggles for the throne'
- the causes of chronic palace conflict
- 8. 'One neither walks, speaks, drinks, eats, nor cooks without some kind of ceremony'
- the pleasures and privations of being king
- 9. 'I cannot afford to die'
- the tragedy of King Bhumibol
- Part IV: Crisis and confrontation
- 10. 'Living in horrifying times'
- twilight of the oligarchy
- 11. 'Coupmakers' hunted dreams'
- escalation and enlightenment
- 12. 'Returning happiness to the people'
- denying democracy, sabotaging succession
- Epilogue: 'Flip on the lights and flush out the ghosts'
- what the future holds.