Considerations on inequality and politics in Thailand

Democratization

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 846-866

  Hewison, Kevin ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic inequality; Elections; Political conflict; Political inequality; Thailand; Thaksin Shinawatra

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896587577     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2014.882910     Document Type: Article

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