Bangkok, May 2010 : : Perspectives on a Divided Thailand / / ed. by Michael J. Montesano, Pavin Chachavalpongpun, Aekapol Chongvilaivan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Askew, Marc,; Baker, Chris,; Chachavalpongpun, Pavin,; Charoensin-o-larn, Chairat,; Chongvilaivan, Aekapol,; Connors, Michael K.,; Crispin, Shawn W.,; Eoseewong, Nidhi,; Ferrara, Federico,; Fullbrook, David,; Haberkorn, Tyrell,; Hewison, Kevin,; Jitsuchon, Somchai,; Keyes, Charles,; Kitiarsa, Pattana,; McCargo, Duncan,; Montesano, Michael J.,; Murphy, Ann Marie,; Phongpaichit, Pasuk,; Piromya, Kasit,; Reynolds, Craig J.,; Siamwalla, Ammar,; Stent, James,; Streckfuss, David,; Taylor, Jim,; Unger, Danny,; Walker, Andrew,
• HerausgeberIn: Chachavalpongpun, Pavin,; Chongvilaivan, Aekapol,; J. Montesano, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (382 p.)

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...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Contributors
• 1. Introduction: Seeking Perspective on a Slow-Burn Civil War
• 2. The Culture of the Army, Matichon Weekly, 28 May 2010
• 3. Thoughts on Thailand’s Turmoil, 11 June 2010
• 4. Truth and Justice When Fear and Repression Remain: An Open Letter to Dr Kanit Na Nakorn, 16 July 2010
• 5. The Impact of the Red Shirt Rallies on the Thai Economy
• 6. The Socio-Economic Bases of the Red/Yellow Divide: A Statistical Analysis
• 7. The Ineffable Rightness of Conspiracy: Thailand’s Democrat-ministered State and the Negation of Red Shirt Politics
• 8. A New Politics of Desire and Disintegration in Thailand
• 9. Notes towards an Understanding of Thai Liberalism
• 10. Thailand’s Classless Conflict
• 11. The Grand Bargain: Making “Reconciliation” Mean Something
• 12. Changing Thailand, an Awakening of Popular Political Consciousness for Rights?
• 13. Class, Inequality, and Politics
• 14. Thailand’s Rocky Path towards a Full-Fledged Democracy
• 15. The Color of Politics: Thailand’s Deep Crisis of Authority
• 16. Two Cheers for Rally Politics
• 17. Thai Foreign Policy in Crisis: From Partner to Problem
• 18. Thailand in Trouble: Revolt of the Downtrodden or Conflict among Elites?
• 19. From Red to Red: An Auto-ethnography of Economic and Political Transitions in a Northeastern Thai Village
• 20. The Rich, the Powerful and the Banana Man: The United States’ Position in the Thai Crisis
• 21. The Social Bases of Autocratic Rule in Thailand
• 22. The Strategy of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship on “Double Standards”: A Grand Gesture to History, Justice, and Accountability
• 23. No Way Forward but Back? Re-emergent Thai Falangism, Democracy, and the New “Red Shirt” Social Movement
• 24. Flying Blind
• 25. The Political Economy of Thailand’s Middle-Income Peasants
• 26. Royal Succession and the Evolution of Thai Democracy
• INDEX