“Democracy and National Identity in Thailand is by far one of the most provocative, yet illuminating, studies on ‘developmental liberalism’ in Thailand, per se, and on the ratiocination of ‘non-
“Democracy and National Identity in Thailand is by far one of the most provocative, yet illuminating, studies on ‘developmental liberalism’ in Thailand, per se, and on the ratiocination of ‘non-Western’ forms of democratic government, in general. To a large extent it is the result of the author’s sagacious process-tracing approach of ‘the new mechanisms of subjection that take root as the discourse of democracy is globalised’… Democracy and National Identity in Thailand is an excellent example of a consistent and perspicacious research, which follows closely the development of the problems under discussion, without breeching its methodological ramifications…[it] will be extremely relevant to anyone studying, working and dealing with issues of democratisation, nationalism and Southeast Asian studies; as well as to the broader audience of students of political theory and international politics.”