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Political Authority and Provincial Identity in Thailand : The Making of Banharn-buri /

The powerful Thai politician Banharn Silpa-archa has been disparaged as a corrupt operator who for years channeled excessive state funds into developing his own rural province. This book reinterprets Banharm's career and offers a detailed portrait of the voters who support him. Relying on exten...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Nishizaki, Yoshinori (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • LIST OF TABLES, FIGURES, AND MAPS
  • LIST OF RESPONDENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • PREFACE
  • Chapter 1. Rethinking Domination in the Thai Countryside
  • Chapter 2. Recalling and Representing the Backward Past
  • Chapter 3. The Rise of a Local Hero
  • Chapter 4. Influx of State Development Funds
  • Chapter 5. Local Bureaucrats Disciplined
  • Chapter 6. Imagining Banharn-buri at the Grassroots Level
  • Chapter 7. Pride in Imagined Banharn-buri
  • Chapter 8. Defending the "Bad" Politician
  • Chapter 9. Banharn in Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives
  • Select Bibliography
  • INDEX