Coup, King, Crisis :  a critical interregnum in Thailand / 
Pavin Chachavalpongpun editor. 
 - New Haven, Conneticut :   Yale University Southeast Asia Studies,  c2020. 
 - xii, 379 p. 
 - Monograph ;  68 .
 - Monograph series (Yale University. Southeast Asia Studies) ;  68. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Coup, King, Crisis : a critical interregnum in Thailand -- Conceptualizing Thailand's Political change -- 1. Understanding Thailand's Domestic Political conflict: Democracy, Social Identity, and the "Struggle for Recognition" -- 2. Thai Ideas of Power : The Challenge of Legitimacy in Contemporary Thailand -- The Monarchy in Focus -- 3. Revisitng The King Never Smiles -- 4. King Bhumibol Adulyadej and the Neo-monarchy of Thailand -- 5. Managing Vajiralongkorn's Long Succession -- 6. Purifying Violence : Buddhist Kingship, Legitimacy, and Crisis in Thailand -- Institutions under Military Rule -- 7. Assessing the Monarchized Military and Khakistocracy in Postsuccession Thailand -- 8. Challenging the Judicial Coup Myth : Thai Constitutional Courts and Political Crises -- 9. Restoring Center, Defeating Margins? Thai Buddhism's Struggle to Revive Its Authority -- 10. The Thai Economy : A Lost Decade? -- 11. The Military Regime's Foreign Policy in an Era of Rising Illiberalism -- Opposition to the Military Regime -- 12. Putting the National Council for Peace and Order on Trial -- 13. Digital Censorship and Self-censorship under Thailand's Dictatorship -- 14. Dances with Dictators: NGOs and Military Regime in Thailand. 
<br/><br/> The prospects of the inevitable end of the Bhumibol era loomed large over 21st century Thailand. Events have now taken their course, and King Maha Vajiralongkorn has been crowned. The new King is beginning to make his presence felt, but in important ways Thailand is still in an interregnum: a time when the old order is dying but a new one struggles to be born. The prospects of the inevitable end of the Bhumibol era loomed large over 21st century Thailand. Events have now taken their course, and King Maha Vajiralongkorn has been crowned. The new King is beginning to make his presence felt, but in important ways Thailand is still in an interregnum: a time when the old order is dying but a new one struggles to be born. This volume examines the royal transition in Thailand, from the 2014 coup through to the 2017 Constitution and the 2019 election. The royal transition sparked a crisis that pressured important institutions of the nation, from the politicized judiciary to the troubled Sanga or priesthood. The period of waiting has influenced all aspects of Thai governance, from foreign policy to economic management, to human rights and the spread of self-censorship. This volume, which brings together some of the leading writers on Thailand, is the first book-length analysis of this deep transition. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781732610200 1732610207 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Thailand--History.<br/>Thailand--Kings and rulers.<br/>Thailand--Politics and government.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS571  / .C68 2020