This book traces the roots of Thailand's political development from 1932 to the present, accounting for the intervening period's political turmoil.

When a populist movement elected Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister of Thailand in 2001, many of the country’s urban elite dismissed the outcome as just ano

Based on hundreds of interviews, this is the absorbing story of one of Thailand's most influential figures. Against a backdrop of political coups and violence,

After the Coup brings together the work of a group of leading Thai intellectuals of several generations to equip readers to anticipate and understand the develo

The making of modern Thailand is grounded in specific political institutions, Brahmanical tropes, and sacred Buddhist traditions stylized with Hindu rituals. Ov