Social movements and political opposition in contemporary Thailand

Pacific Review

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 451-477

  Kitirianglarp, Kengkij ^a   Hewison, Kevin ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratization; Monarchy; Social movements; Thai Rak Thai Party; Thaksin Shinawatra

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; DEMOCRATIZATION; LEADERSHIP; PARTY POLITICS; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

THAILAND;

EID: 77449092734     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512740903127978     Document Type: Article

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