"Ambiguous" Network Monarchy as Problematic Euphoric Couplet

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2909765
AutoresYoshinori Nishizaki (0009-0006-0554-8907, Department of Southeast Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen96
Número3
Páginas553-568
Fecha de publicación2023-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPacific Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379
EditorialPacific Affairs (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5509/2023963553
OpenAlexW4386206168
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas8

Frequently cited in the literature on recent Thai politics, Duncan McCargo's influential "network monarchy" concept is nonetheless inadequately developed. As such, it has been questioned and challenged by several scholars in recent years. In his 2021 Pacific Affairs article, McCargo rebuts many of these scholars' arguments and defends his concept. His defence is unpersuasive, however. It falls short of elaborating on the scope, composition, and modus operandi of network monarchy, leaving the shortcomings of his original concept unrectified. Most seriously, McCargo now accentuates the "ambiguous" quality of network monarchy-a quality he did not emphasize originally-in order to accommodate new empirical anomalies and counter his critics. By so doing, he renders his argument unfalsifiable. Drawing on Robert Cribb's thoughts, this article first spells out why or how the insu ciently developed network monarchy concept has become so widespread in the first place. It then examines the untenable nature of McCargo's rejoinder to his critics, especially to Eugénie Mérieau

Absolute monarchy · Argument (complex analysis) · Epistemology · Monarchy · Political science · Politics · Quality (philosophy) · Scope (computer science) · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Computer Science · History · Law · Philosophy · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies