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 in the Royal Thai Police: an alternative army
Paul Chambers

11 Thailand’s 21st-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 T. 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 Lowatcharin

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

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 on 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, and 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.