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Bangkok, May 2010

Perspectives on a Divided Thailand
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After a two-month stand-off between Red Shirt protesters 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.
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
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