Divided Over Thaksin: Thailand's Coup and Problematic Transition

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Thailand's Coup and Problematic Transition

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Edited by John Funston

Publisher:: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute
Online publication date:: October 2015
Print publication year:: 2009
Online ISBN:: 9789812309624

Subjects:: Politics: General Interest, Politics and International Relations
Series:: Books and Monographs

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Thailand's political problems attracted international attention when yellow shirted anti-Thaksin protestors closed down Bangkok's international airports in November 2008; the following April pro-Thaksin red shirts prevented an ASEAN-East Asia Summit, and clashed violently with the army in the streets of Bangkok. Conflict between groups for and against former Prime Minister Thaksin has polarized Thai society. Under his watch, violence also returned to the Malay Muslim south, with the loss of over 3,000 lives. The military coup that ousted Thaksin was supposed to end all this, but instead polarization increased and southern violence continued. This book is about how Thaksin divided Thailand, the nature of the southern conflict, and problematic attempts to establish a consensus around a post-Thaksin political order.

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Divided Over Thaksin

Thailand's Coup and Problematic Transition

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Tables and Figures
pp vii-viii

List of Contributors
pp ix-x

Preface
pp xi-xii

Introduction
pp xiii-xxi

1 - Political Contests in the Advent of Bangkok's 19 September Putsch
pp 1-26

2 - The Tragedy of the 1997 Constitution
pp 27-37

3 - The NESAC, Civil Society, Good Governance and the Coup
pp 38-48

4 - Military Coup and Democracy in Thailand
pp 49-79

5 - Deconstructing the 2007 Constitution
pp 80-88

6 - Thailand's 2007 Constitution and Re-Emerging Democracy: Will Political Polarization Continue?
pp 89-95

7 - Untying the Gordian Knot: The Difficulties in Solving Southern Violence
pp 96-109

8 - Another Country: Reflections on the Politics of Culture and the Muslim South
pp 110-123

9 - Governance in the South: Is Decentralization an Option?
pp 124-134

10 - Tradition and Reform in Islamic Education in Southern Thailand
pp 135-149

11 - The Economy under the Thaksin Government: Stalled Recovery
pp 150-171

12 - The Thai Economy after the Coup
pp 172-188

13 - The Impact of Political Uncertainty on Business
pp 189-198

Index
pp 199-203

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