This book examines the role of Rama IX and the variegated set of problems that persist in life under the great white elephant and mango trees. Rappa draws from his primary research that includes interviews, surveys and first-hand observations of a remarkable kingdom and a uniquely remarkable king to reveal the internal security threats to democracy and civil society in the oldest Southeast Asian kingdom in late modernity.
This book examines the role of Rama IX and the variegated set of problems that persist in life under the great white elephant and mango trees. Rappa draws from his primary research that includes interviews, surveys and first-hand observations of a remarkable kingdom and a uniquely remarkable king to reveal the internal security threats to democracy and civil society in the oldest Southeast Asian kingdom in late modernity.
Antonio L. Rappa is Associate Professor and Head of Management and Security Studies at Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), Singapore.
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Table of Contents Atypical Hierarchy of Thai Chinese Organized Crime Syndicate Preface 1.Chapter 1: Rise of the King: From Absolute Rule to Constitutional Monarchy 2.Chapter 2: Nationalism, the State and Corruption 3.Chapter 3: Kingdom of Violence 4.Chapter 4: Chor rat bang luang: Religion, Corruption and Nepotism in Thailand 5.Chapter 5: Economic Security and Political Survival 6.Chapter 6: Female Sex Workers in Bhumibol's Kingdom 7.Chapter 7: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Rama IX, Tak Sin the Great, and Thaksin Shinawatra 8.Chapter 8: The Ninth Rama Reference Appendix Index
Table of Contents Atypical Hierarchy of Thai Chinese Organized Crime Syndicate Preface 1.Chapter 1: Rise of the King: From Absolute Rule to Constitutional Monarchy 2.Chapter 2: Nationalism, the State and Corruption 3.Chapter 3: Kingdom of Violence 4.Chapter 4: Chor rat bang luang: Religion, Corruption and Nepotism in Thailand 5.Chapter 5: Economic Security and Political Survival 6.Chapter 6: Female Sex Workers in Bhumibol's Kingdom 7.Chapter 7: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Rama IX, Tak Sin the Great, and Thaksin Shinawatra 8.Chapter 8: The Ninth Rama Reference Appendix Index
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