1. Introduction: challenging the standard total view of the Thai monarchy / Soren Ivarsson and Lotte Isager -- 2. Virtual divinity: a 21st-century discourse of thai royal influence / Peter A. Jackson -- 3. Entertainment nationalism: the royal gaze and the gaze at the royals / Surun Krittitarn -- 4. Culture of monarchy: a repertory theatre throught time / Martin Platt -- 5. The Intricacies of lese-majesty: a comparative study of imperial Germany and modern Thailand / David Streckfuss -- 6. The monarchy and the royalist movement modern Thai politics, 1932-1957 / Nattapoll Chaiching -- 7. 'Thai-style democracy': the royalist struggle for Thailand's politics / Kavin Hewison and Kengkij Kitirianglarp -- 8. Post-coup royalist groups: re-inventing military and ideological power / Han Krittian -- 9. Strengthening the moral fibre of the nation: the King's sufficiency economy as etho-politics / Lotte Isager and Soren Ivarsson -- 10. Royal sufficiency and elite misrepresentation of rural livelihoods / Andrew Walker.