Introduction : Challenging the standard total view of the Thai monarchy / Søren Ivarsson and Lotte Isager -- Part I. Sacral kingship in a modern world : cultural and ideological foundations. Virtual divinity : a 21st-century discourse of Thai royal influence / Peter A. Jackson -- Entertainment nationalism : the royal gaze and the gaze of the royals / Sarun Krittikarn -- Culture of monarchy : a repertory theatre through time / Martin Platt -- Part II. The legal sanction of sacredness. The intricacies of lese-majesty : a comparative study of imperial Germany and modern Thailand / David Streckfuss -- Part III. Thai-style democracy. The monarchy and the royalist movement in modern Thai politics, 1932-1957 / Nattapoll Chaiching -- 'Thai-style democracy' : the royalist struggle for Thailand's politics / Kevin Hewison and Kengkij Kitirianglarp -- Post-coup royalist groups : re-inventing military and ideological power / Han Krittian -- Part IV. Sufficiency economy. Strengthening the moral fibre of the nation : the king's sufficiency economy as etho-politics / Lotte Isager and Søren Ivarsson -- Royal sufficiency and elite misrepresentation of rural livelihoods / Andrew Walker
