Bangkok May 2010 perspectives on a divided Thailand
After a two-month standoff between Red Shirt protestors and the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, violence and arson scarred central Bangkok in mid-may 2010. This shocking turn of events underlined how poorly understood the deep divisions in the society and politics of Thailand remaine...
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| 300 | |a xiii, 351 p., [16] p. of plates |b ill. (chiefly col.) |c 23 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: seeking perspective on a slow-burn civil war / Michael J. Montesano -- The culture of the army, Matichon Weekly, 28 May 2010 / Nidhi Eoseewong -- Thoughts on Thailand's turmoil, 11 June 2010 / James Stent -- Truth and justice when fear and repression remain : an open letter to Dr Kanit Na Nakorn, 16 July 2010 / Tyrell Haberkorn -- The impact of the Red Shirt rallies on the Thai economy / Aekapol Chongvilaivan -- The socio-economic bases of the Red/Yellow divide : a statistical analysis / Ammar Siamwalla and Somchai Jitsuchon -- The ineffable rightness of conspiracy : Thailand's Democrat-ministered state and the negation of Red Shirt politics / Marc Askew -- A new politics of desire and disintegration in Thailand / Chairat Charoensin-o-larn -- Notes towards an understanding of Thai liberalism / Michael Connors -- Thailand's classless conflict / Shawn W. Crispin -- The grand bargain : making "reconciliation" mean something / Federico Ferrara -- Changing Thailand, an awakening of popular political consciousness for rights? / David Fullbrook -- Class, inequality, and politics / Kevin Hewison -- Thailand's rocky path towards a full-fledged democracy / Kasit Piromya -- The color of politics : Thailand's deep crisis of authority / Charles Keyes -- Two cheers for rally politics / Duncan McCargo -- Thai foreign policy in crisis : from partner to problem / Ann Marie Murphy -- Thailand in trouble : revolt of the downtrodden or conflict among elites? / Pasuk Phongpaichit and Chris Baker -- From red to Red : an auto-ethnography of economic and political transitions in a northeastern Thai village / Pattana Kitiarsa -- The rich, the powerful and the banana man : the United States' position in the Thai crisis / Pavin Chachavalpongpun -- The social bases of autocratic rule in Thailand / Craig J. Reynolds -- The strategy of the United Front for Democracy against dictatorship on "double standards" : a grand gesture to history, justice, and accountability / David Streckfuss -- No way forward but back? Re-emergent Thai falangism, democracy, and the new "Red Shirt" social movement / Jim Taylor -- Flying blind / Danny Unger -- The political economy of Thailand's middle-income peasants / Andrew Walker -- Royal succession and the evolution of Thai democracy / Andrew Walker. | |
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