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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Duncan McCargoPublisher: Cornell University Press Imprint: Cornell University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.907kg ISBN: 9780801449994ISBN 10: 0801449995 Pages: 282 Publication Date: 15 January 2020 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Legalism and Revival of Treason 1. Privileged Caste? 2. Bench and Throne 3. Challenges to the Judiciary 4. Against the Crown? 5. Computer Compassings 6. Against the State 7. Crimes of Thaksin 8. Courting Constitutionalism Conclusion: The Trouble Is Politics Notes IndexReviewsFighting for Virtue is quite detailed and rich, and will appeal to anyone interested in Thai politics. It should be assigned reading in courses on Thai politics, Southeast Asian comparative politics, and law courses. -- Thak Chaloemtiarana, author of <I>Read Till It Shatters</I> Fighting for Virtue reflects Duncan McCargo's important and long recognized ability to identify matters of great salience and to interpret them in ways that have a lasting impact on the study of contemporary Thailand. -- Michael J. Montesano, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore Fighting for Virtue reflects Duncan McCargo's important and long recognized ability to identify matters of great salience and to interpret them in ways that have a lasting impact on the study of contemporary Thailand. -- Michael J. Montesano, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore Fighting for Virtue is quite detailed and rich, and will appeal to anyone interested in Thai politics. It should be assigned reading in courses on Thai politics, Southeast Asian comparative politics, and law courses. -- Thak Chaloemtiarana, author of <I>Read Till It Shatters</I> Author InformationDuncan McCargo is Director of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies and Professor of Political science at the University of Copenhagen. He is author of Tearing Apart the Land, which won the inaugural Bernard Schwartz Book Prize from the Asia Society in 2009. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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