Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Thailand

Part I: The History

1.  Introduction: A timeless Thailand

Pavin Chachavalpongpun

2. Thailand in the longue durée

Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit

3. Thai historiography

Charnvit Kasetsiri

4. Economic development in post-war Thailand

Peter Warr

Part II: The Political and Economic Landscape

5. Thailand’s two-faced democracy: from 1932 to the present

Michael K. Connors

6. Thailand’s royalist coups d’état: past and future

Federico Ferrara

7. The military and authoritarian persistence in Thai politics: The development of the hybrid regime

Surachart Bamrungsuk

8. Rethinking Thailand’s urban-rural divide

Napon Jatusripitak

9. Thailand’s authoritarianism in comparative perspective: sophisticated or retrograde?

Gregory Raymond

10. Conflict and contestation on the Royal Thai Army: An alternative army

Paul Chambers

11. Thailand’s 21^st century monarchy

Kevin Hewison

12. Lèse-majesté within Thailand’s failing regime of intimidation

David Streckfuss

13. Conservative activism in contemporary Thai politics: From yellow shirts to the whistle rebels

Aim Sinpeng and Youngjoon Koh

14. Thailand’s red shirt movement: Born out of conflict and branded with contestation

Saowanee Alexander

15. Thailand’s judiciary: from judicialisation to politicisation?

Björn Dressel and Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang

16. Local government and intergovernmental relations in contemporary Thailand: between central control and local aspirations

Grichawat Laowatcharin

17. Thai state formation and the political economy of the middle-income trap

Apichat Satinitamai

18. Thailand and International trade: A growth engine losing steam?

Krislert Samphantharak

19. Industrialisation, technological upgrading, and innovation in Thailand

Patarapong Intarakumnerd

20. Transport and the Thai state

Saksith Chalermpong and Prasongchai Setthasuravich

Part III: The Social Development

21. Thai identity and nationalism

Saichol Sattayanurak

22. Buddhism, power, and resistance in Thailand

Edoardo Siani

23. Sangha, state, and secularism in Thailand: mind the age gap?

Tomas Larsson and Stithorn Thananithichot

24. Buddhism, monarchy, and Thai-style democracy

Suraphot Thaweesak

25. Violence, Identity, and Peace Efforts in Southern Thailand: The southern conflict                      

Anders Engvall and Magnus Andersson

26. Education in contemporary Thailand

Wannaphong Durongkaveroj

27. Enduring constraints and struggles for democracy and human rights in Thailand since the 2014 military coup d’état

Titipol Phakdeewanich

28. Thai queer and trans cultures, communities, and politics: Gender and sexual diversity                     

Peter A. Jackson

29. Thailand and Social Media: A consolidated online society

Wolfram Schaffar

30. The cycles of protest and the rise and decline of Thailand’s youth movement: a preliminary analysis

Somchai Phatharathananunth

31. Thailand’s environmental politics

Eli Elinoff and Vanessa Lamb

32. COVID-19 and the impact of Thailand

Piyapong Boossabong and Pobsook Chamchong

Part IV: The International Relations              

33. Thailand’s foreign policy

Arne Kislenko

34. Thailand’s international quests for status symbols: Arms, aid, arena

Peera Charoenvattananukul and Wisarut Larsakul

35. Thailand and the great powers

Matthew Phillips

36. Thailand’s foreign policy towards neighbouring countries and ASEAN

Pongphisoot Busbarat

37. Transnational repression in contemporary Thailand: building capacity to suppress dissent beyond borders

Mark S. Cogan

Biography

Pavin Chachavalpongpun is Professor at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Japan. He is the chief editor of the online journal Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia in which all articles are translated from English into Japanese, Thai, Bahasa Indonesia, Filipino, Vietnamese, Burmese and Khmer.