Andrew Macgregor Marshall

A Kingdom in Crisis (eBook, PDF)

Thailand's Struggle for Democracy in the Twenty-First Century

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

'Perhaps the best introduction yet to the roots of Thailand's present political impasse. A brilliant book.'
Simon Long, The Economist

Struggling to emerge from a despotic past, and convulsed by an intractable conflict that will determine its future, Thailand stands at a defining moment in its history. Scores have been killed on the streets of Bangkok. Freedom of speech is routinely denied. Democracy appears increasingly distant. And many Thais fear that the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej is expected to unleash even greater instability.

Yet in spite of the impact of the crisis, and the extraordinary importance of the royal succession, they have never been comprehensively analysed - until now. Breaking Thailand's draconian lèse majesté law, Andrew MacGregor Marshall is one of the only journalists covering contemporary Thailand to tell the whole story.

Marshall provides a comprehensive explanation that for the first time makes sense of the crisis, revealing the unacknowledged succession conflict that has become entangled with the struggle for democracy in Thailand.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783607808
• Artikelnr.: 44186745

Autorenporträt

Andrew MacGregor Marshall is a journalist, political risk consultant and corporate investigator, focusing mainly on Southeast Asia. He spent seventeen years as a correspondent for Reuters, covering amongst others conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and political upheaval in Thailand. Marshall resigned from Reuters 2011 after the news agency refused to publish his analysis of leaked U.S. cables illuminating the role played by Thailand's monarchy in the political conflict that has engulfed the kingdom. A fugitive from Thai law as a result of his journalism about the royal family, he now lives in Sydney and works as Head of News for Greenpeace, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Telling the Truth About Thailand Part I: Royalty Versus
Reality 1. 'When the Legends Die, All Collapses' - Thailand's political
awakening 2. 'In a Never-Never Land, Never Mind' - Welcome to the Land of
Smiles 3. 'Cosmological Bluster' - The Dramatics of Despotism Part II:
Thai-Style Democracy and its Discontents 4. 'Our Country Belongs to the
People - Not to the King': Thailand's Unfinished Revolution 5. 'I Really am
an Elected King' - The Royalist Revival 6. 'There is Magic, Goodness and
Power in His Heart' - The Deification of Rama IX Part III: The Secrets of
Succession 7. 'Endless Struggles for the Throne' - The Causes of Chronic
Palace Conflict 8. 'One Neither Walks, Speaks, Drinks, Eats, Nor Cooks
Without Some Kind of Ceremony' - The Pleasures and Privations of Being King
9. 'I Cannot Afford to Die' - The Tragedy of King Bhumibol Part IV: Crisis
and Confrontation 10. 'Living in Horrifying Times' - Twilight of the
Oligarchy 11. 'Coupmakers' Haunted Dreams' - Escalation and Enlightenment
12. 'Returning Happiness to the People' - Denying Democracy, Sabotaging
Succession Epilogue: 'Flip on the Lights and Flush out the Ghosts' - What
the Future Holds