Thailand’s Failed 2014 Election: The Anti-Election Movement, Violence and Democratic Breakdown

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 467-485

  Kongkirati, Prajak ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Civil society; election; electoral violence; Thailand; uncivil society

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962407166     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: 17527554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2016.1166259     Document Type: Article

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