Bangkok, May 2010: Perspectives on a Divided Thailand - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9814345350 ISBN 13: 9789814345354

Publisher: Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2012

Synopsis

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 remained, even five years into the country's prolonged crisis. This volume collects analysis and commentary on those divisions from an unusually large and prominent group of Thai and foreign scholars and observers of the country. Contributions examine socio-economic, political, diplomatic, historical, cultural, and ideological issues with rare frankness, clarity, and lack of jargon.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael J. Montesano is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore.||Pavin Chachavalpongpun is Fellow and Lead Researcher for Political and Strategic Affairs in the ASEAN Studies Centre at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore.|Aekapol Chongvilaivan is Fellow and Coordinator, Regional Economic Studies Programme, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore

About this edition

• Publisher: Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 9814345350
• ISBN 13: 9789814345354
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 366
• Editor: Montesano Michael J, Chachavalpongpun Pavin, Chongvilaivan Aekapol