About the Author

Michael Connors teaches at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, PRC in the Department of International Studies and is the author of Democracy and National Identity in Thailand. Ukrist Pathmanand is Research Professor in Political Science at the Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University, and co-author of the acclaimed Thaksinization of Thailand. Both editors have written widely on Thai politics and society, and recently co-authored the article "Thailand's Public Secret: Military Wealth and the State", which appears in the Journal of Contemporary Asia.