This Element aims to provide an overview of Thai politics with an up-to-date discussion of the characteristics of political regimes, political economy, and identity and mobilization that are grounded in historical analysis stretching back to the formation of the modern nation state. The thematic topics will focus on a) the chronic instability and ever-changing nature of political regimes resulting in the failure of democratic consolidation, b) the nexus of business and politics sustained by a patrimonial state structure, patronage politics and political corruption, and c) the contestation of identity and the causes and consequences of mass mobilization in the civic space and street politics.
| ISBN: | 9781009517690 |
| Publication date: | 30th May 2024 |
| Author: | Prachak Kongkirati |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 75 pages |
| Series: | Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia |
| Genres: |
Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions Political structures: democracy Economic and financial crises and disasters |