TY - BOOK ID - 85463854 TI - The political development of modern Thailand PY - 2015 SN - 1316322726 1316309347 1316326063 1316329402 1316288633 1316332748 1107657296 1316319369 1107449367 1107061814 1316316025 9781316319369 9781107449367 9781316316023 9781316309346 9781316326060 9781107657298 9781316329405 9781316332740 9781107061811 9781316288634 PB - Cambridge DB - UniCat KW - Thailand -- Politics and government. KW - Thailand -- Social conditions. KW - Thailand -- Social policy. KW - Government - Non-U.S. KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Government - Asia KW - Thailand KW - Politics and government. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85463854 AB - 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. ER -