Legitimacy Crisis in Thailand Rights to culture Presents ethnographic accounts of three

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Legitimacy Crisis in Thailand Rights to culture Presents ethnographic accounts of threeIntense political polarization, confrontation and violence have rocked Thailand recently, much of it a divisive legacy of the 2006 coup. Conflicts centre on the legitimacy of institutions and the uses and abuses of power alongside the parallel crisis of state legitimacy posed by the ongoing violence in the countrys Deep South. This collection of essays explores themes and issues arising from the continuing confrontations that have dominated Thailands