Article of faith: The failure of royal liberalism in Thailand

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 143-165

  Connors, Michael K ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constitution; Democracy; Democrat party; Liberalism; Monarchy; Sondhi Limthongkul; Thaksin Shinawatra

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348959559     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: 17527554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472330701652000     Document Type: Article

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