Weber, Marx and contemporary Thailand

TRaNS: Trans-Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 177-198

  Hewison, Kevin ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

class; hierarchy; historical turning point; monarchy; party; status

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010774085     PISSN: 2051364X     EISSN: 20513658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/trn.2013.2     Document Type: Article

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