Dan Slater on Thailand's Revolutionary Election

English - June 20, 2023 09:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MB
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Dan Slater

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Dan Slater is the James Orin Murfin Professor of Political Science, the Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professor of Emerging Democracies, and director of the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies at the University of Michigan. His most recent book (coauthored with Joseph Wong) is From Development to Democracy: The Transformations of Modern Asia. More recently he wrote the article "Thailand's Revolutionary Election" at the Journal of Democracy.

Key Highlights

Introduction - 0:41An Inspiring Election - 2:38Parties and Politics - 5:09Forming a Government - 21:09Risks and Hope - 35:53

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