Palace, Political Party, and Power

2011 History

Author : Kobkua Suwannathat-Pian
Release : 2011
Genre : History
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Download or read book Palace, Political Party, and Power written by Kobkua Suwannathat-Pian. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text traces the history of the Malay rulers from the late colonial period to the first decade of the 21st century, considering the implications of the decline of the Malay rulers under colonial rule, the role of the Japanese Occupation of Malaya in defining postwar Malay identity.

Palace Politics

2009-09-15 History

Author : Jonathan Schlefer
Release : 2009-09-15
Genre : History
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Download or read book Palace Politics written by Jonathan Schlefer. This book was released on 2009-09-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing rare interviews and meticulous research to the cloaked world of Mexican politics in the mid-twentieth century, Palace Politics provides a captivating look at the authoritarian Mexican state—one of the longest-lived regimes of its kind in recent history—as well as the origins of political instability itself, with revelations that can be applied to a variety of contemporary political situations around the globe. Culling a trove of remarkable firsthand accounts from former Mexican presidents, finance ministers, interior ministers, and other high officials from the 1950s through the 1980s, Jonathan Schlefer describes a world in which elite politics planted the seeds of a mammoth socioeconomic crisis. Palace Politics outlines the process by which political infighting among small rival factions of high officials drove Mexico to precarious situations at all levels of government. Schlefer also demonstrates how, earlier on, elite cooperation among these factions had helped sustain one of the most stable growth economies in Latin America, until all-or-nothing struggles began to tear the Mexican ruling party apart in the 1970s. A vivid, seamlessly narrated history, Palace Politics is essential reading for anyone seeking to better understand not only the nation next door but also the workings of elite politics in general.

The Palace Complex

2019-03-22 History

Author : Michał Murawski
Release : 2019-03-22
Genre : History
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Download or read book The Palace Complex written by Michał Murawski. This book was released on 2019-03-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Palace of Culture and Science is a massive Stalinist skyscraper that was "gifted" to Warsaw by the Soviet Union in 1955. Framing the Palace's visual, symbolic, and functional prominence in the everyday life of the Polish capital as a sort of obsession, locals joke that their city suffers from a "Palace of Culture complex." Despite attempts to privatize it, the Palace remains municipally owned, and continues to play host to a variety of public institutions and services. The Parade Square, which surrounds the building, has resisted attempts to convert it into a money-making commercial center. Author Michał Murawski traces the skyscraper's powerful impact on 21st century Warsaw; on its architectural and urban landscape; on its political, ideological, and cultural lives; and on the bodies and minds of its inhabitants. The Palace Complex explores the many factors that allow Warsaw's Palace to endure as a still-socialist building in a post-socialist city.

Monarchies and decolonisation in Asia

2020-06-05 History

Author : Robert Aldrich
Release : 2020-06-05
Genre : History
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Download or read book Monarchies and decolonisation in Asia written by Robert Aldrich. This book was released on 2020-06-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With original case studies of a more than a dozen countries, Monarchies and decolonisation in Asia offers new perspectives on how both European monarchs who reigned over Asian colonies and Asian royal houses adapted to decolonisation. As colonies became independent states (and European countries, and other colonial powers, lost their overseas empires), monarchies faced the challenges of decolonisation, republicanism and radicalism. These studies place dynasties – both European and ‘native’ – at the centre of debate about decolonisation and the form of government of new states, from the sovereigns of Britain, the Netherlands and Japan to the maharajas of India, the sultans of the East Indies and the ‘white rajahs’ of Sarawak. It provides new understanding of the history of decolonisation and of the history of modern monarchy.

Constitutional Conflicts in Contemporary Malaysia

2017 Law

Author : H. P. Lee
Release : 2017
Genre : Law
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Download or read book Constitutional Conflicts in Contemporary Malaysia written by H. P. Lee. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how the separation of powers doctrine in Malaysia has been adversely affected by a number of major constitutional conflicts among the various important organs of government. It concludes with the author's thoughts on the trajectory of constitutional development in Malaysia.

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