Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Thailand (Paperback, 1)

PART ONE: THE HISTORY; 1 Introduction: A Timeless Thailand, Pavin Chachavalpongpun; 2 Thailand in the Longue Duree, Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit; 3 Thai Historiography, Charnvit Kasetsiri; 4 Economic Development of Post-war Thailand, Peter Warr; PART TWO: THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE; 5 The Two Faces of Democracy, Michael K. Connors; 6 The Logic of Thailand’s Royalist Coups d’Etat, Federico Ferrara; 7 The Development of the Hybrid Regime: The Military and Authoritarian Persistence in Thai Politics, Surachart Bamrungsuk; 8 Securing an Alternative Army: The Evolution of the Royal Thai Police, Paul Chambers; 9 The Monarchy and Succession, Kevin Hewison; 10 Lese-majeste within Thailand’s Regime of Intimidation, David Streckfuss; 11 From the Yellow Shirts to the Whistle Rebels: Comparative Analysis of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), Aim Sinpeng; 12 Mass Politics and the Red Shirts, Claudio Sopranzetti; 13 Judiciary and Judicialisation in Thailand, Bjorn Dressel and Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang; 14 Local Government and Intergovernmental Relations in Thailand, Grichawat Lowatcharin and Charles David Crumpton; 15 Thai State Formation and the Political Economy of the Middle Income Trap, Apichat Satitniramai; 16 Thailand’s Corporate Sector and International Trade, Krislert Samphantharak; 17 Industrialisation, Technological Upgrading, and Innovation, Patarapong Intarakumnerd; 18 Transport and the Thai State, Saksith Chalermpong; PART THREE: THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; 19 Thai Identity and Nationalism, Saichol Sattayanurak; 20 Money and Politics in Buddhist Sangha in Modern Thailand, Sara Michaels and Justin Thomas McDaniel; 21 Buddhism and Power, Edoardo Siani; 22 Secularisation, Secularism, and the Thai state, Tomas Larsson; 23 The Southern Conflict, Anders Engvall and Magnus Andersson; 24 Class, Race, and Uneven Development in Thailand, Jim Glassman; 25 The Politics, Economics and Cultural Borrowing of Thai Higher Education Reforms, Rattana Lao; 26 The State of Human Rights in the Aftermath of the 2014 Coup d’Etat, Titipol Phakdeewanich; 27 Sex and Gender Diversity, Douglas Sanders; 28 The Social Media, Wolfram Schaffar; 29 NGOs and Civil Society in Thailand, Kanokwan Manorom; 30 Environmental Politics in Thailand: Pasts, Presents, and Futures, Eli Elinoff and Vanessa Lamb; PART FOUR: THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; 31 Thailand’s Foreign Policy, Arne Kislenko; 32 Beyond Bamboo Diplomacy: The Factor of Status Anxiety and Thai Foreign Policy Behaviours, Peera Charoenvattananukul; 33 Thailand and the Great Powers, Matthew Phillips; 34 Thailand’s Foreign Policy Towards Neighbouring Countries and ASEAN, Pongphisoot Busbarat