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This book traces the roots of Thailand's political development from 1932 to the present, accounting for the intervening period's political turmoil.
List of contents
Preface; 1. Unfinished business; 2. The birth of Thaines; 3. Revolution forsworn; 4. The age of betrayal; 5. The good dictatorship; 6. Rise of the politicians; 7. Barbarians at the gate; 8. State of unexception; Bibliography; Index.
About the author
Federico Ferrara was awarded a doctorate in Political Science by Harvard University, Massachusetts in 2008. Since then, he has served as Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore (Department of Political Science, 2008–10) and the City University of Hong Kong (Department of Asian and International Studies, 2010-current), where he teaches courses on comparative politics and social science theory and methodology. At City University, he also serves as Research Degree Co-ordinator, with responsibility for managing the department's PhD programme. His scholarly work on subjects including comparative political institutions, political parties and elections, contentious politics, and Thai politics and history has appeared in academic journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, the International Political Science Review, the Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, and Electoral Studies. Previous books include the co-authored Mixed Electoral Systems (2005), as well as the non-academic Thailand Unhinged: The Death of Thai-Style Democracy (2011).
Summary
Drawing on extensive, empirical research, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of Thailand's political development from 1932 to the present day. Ferrara traces the roots of Thailand's current political crisis to the events of 1932, offering a new understanding of the intervening period's unending succession of coups and constitutions.
