| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 465 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro; Contents; About the Contributors; 1. Introduction: Thai Realities and Possibilities after the 22 May Coup by Michael J. Montesano; 2. The Rise of the Thai Upper Middle Class and its Turn against Democracy by Thorn Pitidol and Chanon Techasunthornwat; 3. "We the Southerners Come to Protect the Nation and the King": Southerners' Political Rise and Regional Nationalism in Thailand by Anusorn Unno; 4. Exit, Voice, (Dis)loyalty? Northeast Thailand after the 2014 Coup by Saowanee T. Alexander and Duncan McCargo |
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5. The Red Shirts and their Democratic Struggle in Northern Thailand, April 2010 -- May 2015 by Tanet Charoenmuang6. The Shifting Battleground: Peace Dialogue in Thailand's Malay-Muslim South by Rungrawee Chalermsripinyorat; 7. Thailand's Zigzag Road to Democracy: Continuity and Change in Military Intervention by Surachart Bamrungsuk; 8. Murder and Regress: Violence and Political Change in Thailand by Prajak Kongkirati; 9. Thailand's Politics of Decentralization: Reform and Resistance before and after the May 2014 Coup by Viengrat Nethipo |
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10. Change and Continuity in the Politics of the Media after the Coup by Aim Sinpeng and Wimonsiri Hemtanon11. Thailand's Royal Democracy in Crisis by Thongchai Winichakul; 12. The Foreign Press and its Changing Perceptions of the Thai Monarchy by Puangthong Pawakapan; 13. Thai Economic Growth: Retrospect and Prospect by Porphant Ouyyanont; 14. Features and Challenges of an Ageing Population in Thailand by Kwanchit Sasiwongsaroj and Youngyut Burasit; 15. Conclusion: Thailand in Transition by Terence Chong; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
After the Coup brings together the work of a group of leading Thai intellectuals of several generations to equip readers to anticipate and understand the developments that lie ahead for Thailand. Contributors offer findings and perspectives both on the disorienting period following the Thai coup of May 2014 and on fundamental challenges to the country and its institutions. Chapters address regionalism and decentralization, the monarchy and the military, the media, demography and the economy, the long-running violence in Southern Thailand, and a number of surprising social and political trends |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 16, 2019) |
| Subject |
Khana Raksā Khwāmsangop hǣng Chāt (Thailand)
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Democracy -- Thailand
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- World -- General.
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Democracy
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Politics and government
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Thailand -- Politics and government -- 1988- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005518
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Thailand -- History -- Coup d'état, 2014.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2017004246
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| Subject |
Thailand
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Montesano, Michael John, III, 1961- editor
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Chong, Terence, editor.
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Heng, Mark, editor.
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| ISBN |
9789814843058 |
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9814843059 |
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