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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...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, NY :
Cornell University Press,
[2018]
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| Collection: | Studies on Southeast Asia ;
no. 53. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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