Thailand’s Deep State, Royal Power and the Constitutional Court (1997–2015)

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 445-466

  Mérieau, Eugénie ^a  

^a INALCO   (France)

Author keywords

Constitutional court; Deep State; judicialisation; network monarchy; Thai politics; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961213241     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: 17527554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2016.1151917     Document Type: Article

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