Thailand : The Politics of Despotic Paternalism / Thak Chaloemtiarana.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thak Chaloemtiarana, author.

Series:

Studies on Southeast Asia ; no. 42

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thailand--Politics and government--20th century.

Thailand.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 284 p. :) ill., map ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In 1958, Marshal Sarit Thanarat became prime minister of Thailand following a bloodless coup. This book offers a comprehensive study of Sarit's paternalistic, militaristic regime, which laid the foundations for Thailand's support of the US military campaign in Southeast Asia. The analysis documents the ways in which Sarit shaped modern Thai politics, in part by rationalizing a symbiotic relationship between his own office and the Thai monarchy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD TO SECOND PRINTING

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE. THE RETURN OF THE MILITARY TO LEADERSHIP AFTER WORLD WAR II

CHAPTER TWO. THE TRIUMVIRATE (1948-1957)

CHAPTER THREE. THE SEARCH FOR POLITICAL LEGITIMACY

CHAPTER FOUR. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SARIT SYSTEM: PERSONAL LEADERSHIP

CHAPTER FIVE. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SARIT SYSTEM: MODERNIZATION AND THE IMPINGEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL FORCES

CHAPTER SIX. THE ROLES OF THE BUREAUCRACY AND MONARCHY IN THE SARIT SYSTEM

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX I

POSTSCRIPT. RE-EXAMINING THE DOMINANT NATIONAL NARRATIVE AND AN INTERPRETATION OF THE SARIT MONUMENT IN KHONKAEN

INDEX

Notes:

Originally published: Bangkok : Social Science Association of Thailand, Thai Khadi Institute, Thammasat University, 1979.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)

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ISBN:

9780877277422

0877277427

9781501721106

1501721100

OCLC:

1080552031