Dynastic Democracy: Political Families of Thailand

by Yoshinori Nishizaki

Book Overview

Since the overthrow of absolute monarchy in 1932, Thailand's political history has conventionally been interpreted as a long series of popular struggles for representative democracy and against authoritarian military rule. Yoshinori Nishizaki proposes that this history be understood as a continual struggle by elite political families for and against "dynastic democracy"--characterized by the transmission of power between members of select ruling families...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299338347
• ISBN13: 9780299338343
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"