P Chambers
Biographic Data
| ID | 8165 |
|---|---|
| NAME | P Chambers |
| GIVEN NAMES | P |
| FAMILY NAME | Chambers |
| SIGNATURE | CHAMBERS P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Naresuan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7286-3575 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 29 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Neil Loughlin. The Politics of Coercion
the stage of "authoritarian consolidation" seems to be mistaken for a previous period (pp.324-325).Duy Trinh's chapter on the political protection in Vietnam's and China's anti-corruption campaigns also offers weak arguments as it employs weak proxies for what it aims to measure.In particular, instead of collecting stories about officials' personal ties to VCP chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the author assumes that if-and only if-a person was born in the…
Regional Identity and Powerbrokers in Thailand's Lower North
Assessing the Political Clout of Thailand’s “Monarchized” Military in 2023
Since 1980, Thailand’s monarchy and military have enjoyed a partnership of power with the latter as a junior affiliate — a highly “monarchized military.” However, after 1992, direct military influence across the country diminished, and after the 2006 and 2014 coups, the military regained enormous clout. The country’s post-2019 facade democracy represents the continuation of a tutelary regime involving palace-endorsed military intervention in poli…
Introduction
Introduction
This Special Issue seeks to understand the formation and development of Asian political dynasties that extended or continue to extend power through at least two generations by comparing and contrasting the experiences of eight select country cases in the region. The Issue concentrates on “political dynasties” rather than “political families” because we examine the chronological extension of clout by a kinship group over the geographical unit in w…
The evolution of women’s civil society organizations in the Deep South of Thailand
Since violent conflict escalated in Thailand's Deep South in 2004, women's groups have contributed to addressing societal issues in the form of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). However, women have also carried the burden of the prolonged impact of the conflict. By applying the theoretical approach of historical institutionalism at the macro level and the feminist analysis at the micro level, this study seeks to investigate the institutional ev…
The persevering power of provincial dynasties in Thai electoral politics
Provincial clans and dynasties have long been crucial in Thai electoral politics. Their influence was felt since before the 1969 poll. Post-1988 and post-1992 political space gave clans room to expand in power. But their sway has been interrupted by several factors, including military coups, changing constitutions, and national transformations. Thailand's March 2019 general election, December 2020 provincial administrative organization elections,…
Asien / Asia
Causes, Effects, and Forms of Factionalism in Southeast Asia
This paper is the introduction for a special issue which examines intra-party factions and factionalism in competitive party systems of Southeast Asia, looking at the cases of Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor-Leste, in that order and rounding up with a comparative conclusion. The study centres primarily upon one query: in competitive party systems of Southeast Asia, what accounts for the rise …
Faction Politics in an Interrupted Democracy
Though dominated by the monarchy and military, Thailand in 2020 has a highly factionalised, political party system ensconced within a defective democracy. When not under military rule, such a situation has been common. The country’s excessive level of factionalism across parties and over time is due to a long history of regionalised and decentralised parties that have invariably been dependent upon finance from faction leaders who have rarely bee…
Thailand’s Thwarted Democratization
In 2019, Thailand represents the case of an Asian country overshadowed by authoritarian forces, though it has time and again experienced attempts at democratization. This paper argues that democracy remains deficient in Thailand because, though there have been enormous advances in terms of the economy, social improvements and state stability, political space remains elusive and dominated by the monarchy and military. State formation in Thailand i…
Heather Streets-Salter. World War One in Southeast Asia
Though not central to the outcome of World War One, South East Asia was affected by the conflict in various ways. This book reveals attempts by colonial authorities to thwart offensives by anti-col
Special Issue
In a geographical area termed “Patani” by local Malay-Muslims, or what the Thai state refers to as its southernmost region, 2019 sees continuing insurrection—matched by state counter-insurgency—ent
The Rise of the Octobrists in Contemporary Thailand
Originally published in 2016 as Yale Southeast Asia Studies Monograph 65, this study scrutinizes Thai university students involved in the October 14, 1973, and October 6, 1976, political demonstrat
Shane Strate. The Lost Territories
Ethnicity, Borders and the Grassroots Interface with the State
Human Trafficking in Thailand
Neo-Sultanistic Tendencies
This study examines the evolution of civilian control in Cambodia and its impact upon that country’s security sector reform efforts. It argues that Cambodia has witnessed a historically entrenched path dependence of civil-military relations, whereby ruling personalities and parties have consecutively dominated subservient, authoritarian militaries. Today security forces appear as a partisan, corporate arm of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP). Wh…
The Philippines
In the 25 years since President Ferdinand Marcos was ousted from office in February 1986, democracy in the Philippines has remained unconsolidated. In fact, democratic quality deteriorated so severely under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (2001–2010) that Freedom House took the country off its list of ‘electoral democracies’ (Freedom House, 2011a). Democratic defects include ‘anarchical’ elections (McCoy, 1994), political violence, a weak state…
Democratization and Civilian Control in Asia
How can civilians in newly democratized countries ensure their control over the military? While establishing civilian control of the military is a necessary condition for a functioning democracy, it r
Economic Guidance and Contestation
This paper broadly examines the history of Thailand's models of development from the fall of the absolute monarchy in 1932 to the present. It asks two questions: First, what have the models been? How do they interact? And how successful have they been? Second, to what extent has partisanship entered into Thailand's development debate? The paper argues that Thailand's current development strategy has enabled the country to achieve a relative degre…
A Precarious Path
In the Philippines, the armed forces have played a major role in the country's authoritarian past. Yet despite the advent of democracy, vestiges of authoritarianism have continued to linger. This article analyzes the successes and failures in the efforts of Philippine civilians to gain authority over their military in five areas of political decision making, with the objective of achieving consolidated democratic rule. The article argues that in …
Theorizing civilian control of the military in emerging democracies
Conceptualising Civil-Military Relations in Emerging Democracies
Establishing civilian control of the military is an important challenge for new democracies. Surprisingly, however, there is no established conceptual framework for understanding what civilian control entails and how exactly weak or absent civilian control impinges upon democratic quality. This article addresses these lacunae, developing a new concept of civilian control for emerging democracies. It proposes to understand civilian control as the …
Monopolizing, Mutualizing, or Muddling Through
In democracies throughout the world, intra-party factions manifest themselves in parties and governments. Formal and informal institutions have, however, proved crucial in managing factionalism. This is especially true in Thailand's emerging parliamentary democracy where the management of factionalism has become a major objective for Thai parties. This study explores factions and factionalism as well as how different types of parties try to manag…
Evolving Toward What? Parties, Factions, and Coalition Behavior in Thailand Today
How important have Thai parties and intraparty factions been in Thailand's fast-evolving democracy? What role do they play today, especially since the enactment of the latest constitution? What has accounted for the fragmentation in Thailand's party systems and coalitions? How did Thai democracy allow for the rise to power of Thaksin Shinawatra? This article analyzes these questions, presents a theory of Thai coalition behavior, and offers some p…
Neo-Sultanistic Tendencies
This study examines the evolution of civilian control in Cambodia and its impact upon that country’s security sector reform efforts. It argues that Cambodia has witnessed a historically entrenched path dependence of civil-military relations, whereby ruling personalities and parties have consecutively dominated subservient, authoritarian militaries. Today security forces appear as a partisan, corporate arm of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP). Wh…
Monopolizing, Mutualizing, or Muddling Through
In democracies throughout the world, intra-party factions manifest themselves in parties and governments. Formal and informal institutions have, however, proved crucial in managing factionalism. This is especially true in Thailand's emerging parliamentary democracy where the management of factionalism has become a major objective for Thai parties. This study explores factions and factionalism as well as how different types of parties try to manag…
Faction Politics in an Interrupted Democracy
Though dominated by the monarchy and military, Thailand in 2020 has a highly factionalised, political party system ensconced within a defective democracy. When not under military rule, such a situation has been common. The country’s excessive level of factionalism across parties and over time is due to a long history of regionalised and decentralised parties that have invariably been dependent upon finance from faction leaders who have rarely bee…
Conceptualising Civil-Military Relations in Emerging Democracies
Establishing civilian control of the military is an important challenge for new democracies. Surprisingly, however, there is no established conceptual framework for understanding what civilian control entails and how exactly weak or absent civilian control impinges upon democratic quality. This article addresses these lacunae, developing a new concept of civilian control for emerging democracies. It proposes to understand civilian control as the …
Special Issue
In a geographical area termed “Patani” by local Malay-Muslims, or what the Thai state refers to as its southernmost region, 2019 sees continuing insurrection—matched by state counter-insurgency—ent
Regional Identity and Powerbrokers in Thailand's Lower North
Introduction
This Special Issue seeks to understand the formation and development of Asian political dynasties that extended or continue to extend power through at least two generations by comparing and contrasting the experiences of eight select country cases in the region. The Issue concentrates on “political dynasties” rather than “political families” because we examine the chronological extension of clout by a kinship group over the geographical unit in w…
The persevering power of provincial dynasties in Thai electoral politics
Provincial clans and dynasties have long been crucial in Thai electoral politics. Their influence was felt since before the 1969 poll. Post-1988 and post-1992 political space gave clans room to expand in power. But their sway has been interrupted by several factors, including military coups, changing constitutions, and national transformations. Thailand's March 2019 general election, December 2020 provincial administrative organization elections,…
Causes, Effects, and Forms of Factionalism in Southeast Asia
This paper is the introduction for a special issue which examines intra-party factions and factionalism in competitive party systems of Southeast Asia, looking at the cases of Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor-Leste, in that order and rounding up with a comparative conclusion. The study centres primarily upon one query: in competitive party systems of Southeast Asia, what accounts for the rise …
Economic Guidance and Contestation
This paper broadly examines the history of Thailand's models of development from the fall of the absolute monarchy in 1932 to the present. It asks two questions: First, what have the models been? How do they interact? And how successful have they been? Second, to what extent has partisanship entered into Thailand's development debate? The paper argues that Thailand's current development strategy has enabled the country to achieve a relative degre…
Secularisation, Wales, and Islam
Islam has a long, albeit hidden history in Wales. Traditionally, studies of Welsh religion have focused on Christianity so that little has been written about non-Christian religions in Wales. Moreover, general theoretical debates about secularisation have tended to be overly Christocentric in their focus, with the experiences of non-Christian faith groups conspicuous by their absence in most studies of modern urban societies and secularisation. S…
Evolving Toward What? Parties, Factions, and Coalition Behavior in Thailand Today
How important have Thai parties and intraparty factions been in Thailand's fast-evolving democracy? What role do they play today, especially since the enactment of the latest constitution? What has accounted for the fragmentation in Thailand's party systems and coalitions? How did Thai democracy allow for the rise to power of Thaksin Shinawatra? This article analyzes these questions, presents a theory of Thai coalition behavior, and offers some p…
Secularisation, Wales, and Islam
Islam has a long, albeit hidden history in Wales. Traditionally, studies of Welsh religion have focused on Christianity so that little has been written about non-Christian religions in Wales. Moreover, general theoretical debates about secularisation have tended to be overly Christocentric in their focus, with the experiences of non-Christian faith groups conspicuous by their absence in most studies of modern urban societies and secularisation. S…
In Response to Michael H. Nelson
I am flattered by Michael Nelson's interest in my article (“Evolving To ward What? Parties, Factions, and Coalition Behavior in Thailand Today,” Journal of East Asian Studies 5, no. 3). He takes issue with my discussion of four levels of parliamentary games: the arenas of lead party in a coalition government versus lead party in the opposition camp; inter-party games in a coalition government; inter-factional games; and games between individual M…
Superfluous, Mischievous or Emancipating? Thailand's Evolving Senate Today
In Thailand's emerging democracy, the Senate has played an often underestimated role. This study analyzes Thailand's Upper House, examining its historical evolution until 2009. In particular, it focuses on the following questions. What innovations did the 1997 Constitution bring to the Senate? How and why was the Senate adjusted under the 2007 constitution? The study further reviews the Senate elections of 2000 and 2006 as well as the election/ s…
Monopolizing, Mutualizing, or Muddling Through
In democracies throughout the world, intra-party factions manifest themselves in parties and governments. Formal and informal institutions have, however, proved crucial in managing factionalism. This is especially true in Thailand's emerging parliamentary democracy where the management of factionalism has become a major objective for Thai parties. This study explores factions and factionalism as well as how different types of parties try to manag…
Theorizing civilian control of the military in emerging democracies
Conceptualising Civil-Military Relations in Emerging Democracies
Establishing civilian control of the military is an important challenge for new democracies. Surprisingly, however, there is no established conceptual framework for understanding what civilian control entails and how exactly weak or absent civilian control impinges upon democratic quality. This article addresses these lacunae, developing a new concept of civilian control for emerging democracies. It proposes to understand civilian control as the …
A Precarious Path
In the Philippines, the armed forces have played a major role in the country's authoritarian past. Yet despite the advent of democracy, vestiges of authoritarianism have continued to linger. This article analyzes the successes and failures in the efforts of Philippine civilians to gain authority over their military in five areas of political decision making, with the objective of achieving consolidated democratic rule. The article argues that in …
The Philippines
In the 25 years since President Ferdinand Marcos was ousted from office in February 1986, democracy in the Philippines has remained unconsolidated. In fact, democratic quality deteriorated so severely under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (2001–2010) that Freedom House took the country off its list of ‘electoral democracies’ (Freedom House, 2011a). Democratic defects include ‘anarchical’ elections (McCoy, 1994), political violence, a weak state…
Democratization and Civilian Control in Asia
How can civilians in newly democratized countries ensure their control over the military? While establishing civilian control of the military is a necessary condition for a functioning democracy, it r
Economic Guidance and Contestation
This paper broadly examines the history of Thailand's models of development from the fall of the absolute monarchy in 1932 to the present. It asks two questions: First, what have the models been? How do they interact? And how successful have they been? Second, to what extent has partisanship entered into Thailand's development debate? The paper argues that Thailand's current development strategy has enabled the country to achieve a relative degre…
Human Trafficking in Thailand
Neo-Sultanistic Tendencies
This study examines the evolution of civilian control in Cambodia and its impact upon that country’s security sector reform efforts. It argues that Cambodia has witnessed a historically entrenched path dependence of civil-military relations, whereby ruling personalities and parties have consecutively dominated subservient, authoritarian militaries. Today security forces appear as a partisan, corporate arm of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP). Wh…
Ethnicity, Borders and the Grassroots Interface with the State
The Rise of the Octobrists in Contemporary Thailand
Originally published in 2016 as Yale Southeast Asia Studies Monograph 65, this study scrutinizes Thai university students involved in the October 14, 1973, and October 6, 1976, political demonstrat
Shane Strate. The Lost Territories
Heather Streets-Salter. World War One in Southeast Asia
Though not central to the outcome of World War One, South East Asia was affected by the conflict in various ways. This book reveals attempts by colonial authorities to thwart offensives by anti-col
Special Issue
In a geographical area termed “Patani” by local Malay-Muslims, or what the Thai state refers to as its southernmost region, 2019 sees continuing insurrection—matched by state counter-insurgency—ent
Causes, Effects, and Forms of Factionalism in Southeast Asia
This paper is the introduction for a special issue which examines intra-party factions and factionalism in competitive party systems of Southeast Asia, looking at the cases of Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor-Leste, in that order and rounding up with a comparative conclusion. The study centres primarily upon one query: in competitive party systems of Southeast Asia, what accounts for the rise …
Faction Politics in an Interrupted Democracy
Though dominated by the monarchy and military, Thailand in 2020 has a highly factionalised, political party system ensconced within a defective democracy. When not under military rule, such a situation has been common. The country’s excessive level of factionalism across parties and over time is due to a long history of regionalised and decentralised parties that have invariably been dependent upon finance from faction leaders who have rarely bee…
Thailand’s Thwarted Democratization
In 2019, Thailand represents the case of an Asian country overshadowed by authoritarian forces, though it has time and again experienced attempts at democratization. This paper argues that democracy remains deficient in Thailand because, though there have been enormous advances in terms of the economy, social improvements and state stability, political space remains elusive and dominated by the monarchy and military. State formation in Thailand i…
Asien / Asia
The persevering power of provincial dynasties in Thai electoral politics
Provincial clans and dynasties have long been crucial in Thai electoral politics. Their influence was felt since before the 1969 poll. Post-1988 and post-1992 political space gave clans room to expand in power. But their sway has been interrupted by several factors, including military coups, changing constitutions, and national transformations. Thailand's March 2019 general election, December 2020 provincial administrative organization elections,…
Introduction
This Special Issue seeks to understand the formation and development of Asian political dynasties that extended or continue to extend power through at least two generations by comparing and contrasting the experiences of eight select country cases in the region. The Issue concentrates on “political dynasties” rather than “political families” because we examine the chronological extension of clout by a kinship group over the geographical unit in w…
The evolution of women’s civil society organizations in the Deep South of Thailand
Since violent conflict escalated in Thailand's Deep South in 2004, women's groups have contributed to addressing societal issues in the form of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). However, women have also carried the burden of the prolonged impact of the conflict. By applying the theoretical approach of historical institutionalism at the macro level and the feminist analysis at the micro level, this study seeks to investigate the institutional ev…
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