Title: Class Conflict and Royalist Mass Politics: The Irony of Democratization and the Decline of Royal Hegemony in Thailand Speakers: Professor Dr. Kasian Tejapira, Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University Date: March 5th (Thurs.), 2015, 16:00 - 18:00 Place: Tonan-tei Room No. 201, Inamori Foundation Memorial Building, CSEAS, Kyoto University   Abstract: I intend to approach the current almost decade-long political crisis in Thailand from two perspectives i.e. those of power shift and cultural political hegemony. From a comparative historical point of view, the current crisis fits into a pattern of cyclical power shifts in modern Thai politics in which an initial opening/ liberalization of the economy led to the [ Read More ]