Serhat �naldi is a Southeast Asia analyst at Bertelsmann Stiftung.
This manuscript is refreshing. It provokes thought as it probes an otherwise untouchable topic and burrows beneath the secret domain of the Thai monarchy. At the twilight of the Bhumibol era, the arrival of this book is crucial. �naldi employs the concept of public spaces in Bangkok to symbolize the growing economic disparity and social inequality behind much of Thailand's political unrest. Marginalized and frustrated, rural residents embarked on demolishing royal spaces in the capital, laying open a new shift in Thailand's political landscape. �naldi's book brilliantly investigates this shift. It is an important book on contemporary Thai politics.--Pavin Chachavalpongpun, author of A Plastic Nation: The Curse of Thainess in Thai-Burmese Relations
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