Thailand's Hyper-royalism : : Its Past Success and Present Predicament / / Thongchai Winichakul.

Thailand's political impasse in the past decade is partly attributable to the royalist dominance of the parliamentary system, a dominance developed and strengthened under the cultural condition of hyper-royalism. Hyper-royalism is the politico-cultural condition in which royalism is intensified...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (36 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • FOREWORD
  • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Thailand's Hyper-royalism: Its Past Success and Present Predicament
  • HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
  • CHARACTERISTICS
  • CONCEPT: THE IDEAL MODERN MONARCHY
  • SPELLS: THE RIGHTEOUS MONARCHY FOR ALL PEOPLE
  • MAGIC: VISUAL ILLUSION OF SACRED MONARCHY
  • CRISIS AND DISENCHANTMENT
  • PREDICAMENT
  • REFERENCES