Thailand: The Modernization of a Bureaucratic Polity

Fred W. Riggs

Published by University of Hawaii Press 1966

Thailand

The Modernization of a Bureaucratic Polity

Fred W. Riggs

In the series East-West Center Press

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824885458

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Thailand, unique among the nations of Southeast Asia, has no colonial history. The Thai government, unlike those of neighboring counties, has not evolved under imposed foreign systems. While counties all around her were experiencing domination by foreign governments, Thailand, free of such domination, was developing its own bureaucratic form of government. The incendiary conditions surrounding the Indo-chinese section of the world, especially Viet-Nam, Laos, and Thailand, make mandatory an attempt to understand the baffling political milieu in which these conditions occur.

The author carefully traces the processes of change that have taken place in Thai politics and administration from the mid-nineteenth to the mid twentieth century, then takes a close look at contemporary Thai government as a bureaucratic polity. The final chapters are devoted to a more microscopic view of the bureaucratic life in Thailand. Taking the administration of the rice program as a focus, the author probes and dissects the cultural and social changes now taking place.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
LIST OF TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	XII
LIST OF TABLES Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE: THE TRADITIONAL POLITY
CHAPTER I The Modernization of Siam and Burma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
CHAPTER II The Traditional Polity in Siam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
PART TWO: PATTERNS OF MODERNIZATION
CHAPTER III The Transformation of the Monarchy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
CHAPTER IV The Functionalization of the Bureaucracy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
CHAPTER V The Consolidation of Bureaucratic Rule Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
CHAPTER VI The Effort to Impose Accountability: Central Government Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
CHAPTER VII The Effort to Impose Accountability: Local Government Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
PART THREE: THE MODERNIZED POLITY
CHAPTER VIII Cliques and Factions in the Thai Cabinet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
CHAPTER IX Politics, Administration, and High Finance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	242
CHAPTER X The Bureaucratic Polity as a Working System Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
CHAPTER XI Conclusion: The Theory of Modernization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	367
APPENDIXES, NOTES, AND INDEX
APPENDIX A THAI CABINET MEMBERS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	399
APPENDIX B: Chronology of Thai Political History, 1932-63 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	420
APPENDIX C: Promoters in Thai Cabinets Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	425
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	428
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	451

Language: English
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Copyright year: 1966
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 484

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Published: May 25, 2021
ISBN: 9780824885458