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Author:   Marie-Sybille de Vienne (National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations, France)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781032045559

ISBN 10:   1032045558
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   31 March 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Part I: Notions of ‘Kingship’ and ‘Monarchy’ 1. The Setbacks and Misfortunes of Kingship 2. About Kingship in a Tai Context Part II: Chakri Kingship: In Between Tradition, Nation and Constitution 3. The Modernisation of Siamese Kingship and Its Ups And Downs, 1826-1945 4. Kingship Restoration in The Wake of Urbanisation (1946-1988) 5. The Tentative Merging of Kingship and Democracy (1988-2006) 6. Institutional Melt-Down (2006-2020) Part III: The Crown as Stabilizer? 7. The Privy Council: Its Articulation with Power 8. Royal Finances and Parami 9. Royal Symbolism and Popular Acknowledgement Part IV: Eschatological Anguish, Institutional Unravelling and Royal Advent 10. Mounting Frustration 11. From Eschatological Anguish at The End of the 9th Reign to Chaos 12. Implosion of Consensus Conclusion Appendix A: Lexicon of the Main Siamese, Sanskrit, and Pali Terms Appendix B: Thematic Bibliography

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Marie-Sybille de Vienne is Professor of Southeast Asian Politics at the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations, France, member of the French Academy for Overseas Science and the author of Brunei, From the Age of Commerce to the 21st Century.

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