Bangkok May 2010 : perspectives on a divided Thailand /
After a two-month stand-off 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 remain...
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Singapore :
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Table of Contents; 1. INTRODUCTION: Seeking Perspective on a Slow-Burn Civil War by Michael J. Montesano; 2. THE CULTURE OF THE ARMY: Matichon Weekly, 28 May 2010 by Nidhi Eoseewong; 3. THOUGHTS ON THAILAND'S TURMOIL: 11 June 2010 by James Stent; 4. TRUTH AND JUSTICE WHEN FEAR AND REPRESSION REMAIN: An Open Letter to Dr Kanit Na Nakorn, 16 July 2010 by Tyrell Haberkorn; 5. THE IMPACT OF THE RED SHIRT RALLIES ON THE THAI ECONOMY by Aekapol Chongvilaivan; 6. THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC BASES OF THE RED/YELLOW DIVIDE: A Statistical Analysis by Ammar Siamwalla and Somchai Jitsuchon.
- 7. THE INEFFABLE RIGHTNESS OF CONSPIRACY: Thailand's Democrat-ministered State and the Negation of Red Shirt Politics by Marc Askew8. A NEW POLITICS OF DESIRE AND DISINTEGRATION IN THAILAND by Chairat Charoensin-o-larn; 9. NOTES TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF THAI LIBERALISM by Michael K. Connors; 10. THAILAND'S CLASSLESS CONFLICT by Shawn W. Crispin; 11. THE GRAND BARGAIN: Making "Reconciliation" Mean Something by Federico Ferrara; 12 CHANGING THAILAND: An Awakening of Popular Political Consciousness for Rights? by David Fullbrook; 13. CLASS, INEQUALITY, AND POLITICS by Kevin Hewison.
- 14. THAILAND'S ROCKY PATH TOWARDS A FULL-FLEDGED DEMOCRACY by Kasit Piromya15. THE COLOUR OF POLITICS: Thailand's Deep Crisis of Authority by Charles Keyes; 16. TWO CHEERS FOR RALLY POLITICS by Duncan McCargo; 17. THAI FOREIGN POLICY IN CRISIS: From Partner to Problem by Ann Marie Murphy; 18. THAILAND IN TROUBLE: Revolt of the Downtrodden or Conflict among Elites? by Pasuk Phongpaichit and Chris Baker; 19. FROM RED TO RED: An Auto-ethnography of Economicand Political Transitions in a Northeastern Thai Village by Pattana Kitiarsa.
- 20. THE RICH, THE POWERFUL AND THE BANANA MAN: The United States' Position in the Thai Crisis by Pavin Chachavalpongpun21. THE SOCIAL BASES OF AUTOCRATIC RULE IN THAILAND by Craig J. Reynolds; 22. THE STRATEGY OF THE UNITED FRONT FOR DEMOCRACY AGAINST DICTATORSHIP ON "DOUBLE STANDARDS": A Grand Gesture to History, Justice, and Accountability by David Streckfuss; 23. NO WAY FORWARD BUT BACK? Re-emergent Thai Falangism, Democracy, and the New "Red Shirt" Social Movement by Jim Taylor; 24. FLYING BLIND by Danny Unger; 25. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THAILAND'S MIDDLE-INCOME PEASANTS by Andrew Walker.
