A Kingdom in Crisis: Thailand's Struggle for Democracy in the Twenty-First Century

✍ Scribed by Andrew MacGregor Marshall

Publisher: Zed Books
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 250
Series: Asian Arguments
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Struggling to emerge from a despotic past, Thailand stands at a defining moment in its history. Scores have been killed on the streets of Bangkok. Freedom of speech is routinely denied. Democracy appears increasingly distant. Long dreaded by Thais, the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej is expected to unleash even greater instability.

Yet in spite of the impact of the crisis, and the extraordinary importance of the royal succession, they have never been comprehensively analyzed, because Thailand's draconian lese majesté law has silenced most discussion - until now. Breaking Thailand's draconian lese majesté Andrew MacGregor Marshall is one of the only journalists covering contemporary Thailand who tells the whole story. He provides a comprehensive explanation that makes sense of the crisis for the first time, revealing the unacknowledged succession conflict that has become entangled with the struggle for democracy in Thailand.

📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES

A Kingdom in Crisis: Thailand’s struggle

📁 A Kingdom in Crisis: Thailand’s struggle for democracy in the twenty-first century

✍ Andrew MacGregor Marshall (editor) 📂 Library 📅 2015 🏛 Zed Books 🌐 English

‘Perhaps the best introduction yet to the roots of Thailand’s present political impasse. A brilliant book.’ Simon Long, The Economist Struggling to emerge from a despotic past, and convulsed by an intractable conflict that will determine its future, Thailand stands at a defining moment in its histor

A Kingdom in Crisis: Royal Succession an

📁 A Kingdom in Crisis: Royal Succession and the Struggle for Democracy in 21st Century Thailand

✍ Andrew MacGregor Marshall 📂 Library 📅 2015 🏛 Zed Books 🌐 English

<div>Struggling to emerge from a despotic past, Thailand stands at a defining moment in its history. While scores of citizens have been killed on the streets of Bangkok and freedom of speech continues to be routinely denied, democracy appears like an increasingly distant idea. And many fear that the

Democracy and Crisis: Democratising Gove

📁 Democracy and Crisis: Democratising Governance in the Twenty-First Century

✍ Benjamin Isakhan, Steven Slaughter (eds.) 📂 Library 📅 2014 🏛 Palgrave Macmillan UK 🌐 English

The Crisis of Globalization: Democracy,

📁 The Crisis of Globalization: Democracy, Capitalism and Inequality in the Twenty-First Century

✍ Patrick Diamond (Ed.) 📂 Library 📅 2019 🏛 I.B. Tauris 🌐 English

In recent years, the effects of economic openness and technological change have fuelled dissatisfaction with established political systems and led to new forms of political populism that exploit the economic and political resentment created by globalization. This shift in politics was evident in the

The crisis of globalization: Democracy,

📁 The crisis of globalization: Democracy, Capitalism and Inequality in the Twenty-First Century

✍ Patrick Diamond (editor) 📂 Library 📅 2019 🏛 I.B. Tauris 🌐 English

The book establishes marriage as a pervasive idiom for the construction of collective identity in Syria, which is appropriated by individuals, sects, states and intergovernmental organizations alike. Its conclusions are relevant to scholars of Middle East studies, sectarianism, anthropology and poli

Internet wars: the struggle for power in

📁 Internet wars: the struggle for power in the twenty-first century

✍ Hanson, Fergus 📂 Library 📅 2015 🏛 Longueville Media 🌐 English

<p>Vivid, bold and brisk, Internet Wars traces one of the most critical emerging power struggles of the 21st century, the battle to control the internet.<p>Already exploitation of this super-network has helped create the world's most valuable company, toppled governments, led to the largest wealth t