Introduction -- pt. 1. The traditional polity: i. The modernization of Siam and Burma; II. The traditional polity in Siam -- pt. 2. Patterns of modernization: III. The transformation of the monarchy; IV. The functionalization of the bureaucracy; V. The consolidation of the bureaucratic rule; VI. The effort to impose accountability : central government; VII. The effort to impose accountability: local government -- pt. 3. The modernized polity: VIII. Cliques and factions in the Thai cabinet; IX. Politics, administration, and high finance; X. The bureaucratic polity as a working system; XI. Conclusion: the theory of modernization -- Appendixes: Appendix A. Thai cabinet members -- Appendix B. Chronology of Thai political history, 1932-1963 -- Appendix C. Promoters in Thai cabinets

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