Urbanized Villagers in the 2010 Thai Redshirt Protests

Bibliographic Data

ID8370769
AuthorsNaruemon Thabchumpon (0000-0001-8265-7740, Naruemon Thabchumpon is Lecturer in Politics and Program Director of International Development Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. Email: ., corresponding author), Duncan Mccargo (0000-0002-4352-5734, University of Leeds, corresponding author), Mccargo Duncan (Duncan McCargo is Professor of Southeast Asian Politics, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, U.K., and Distinguished Visiting Professor, Universiti Utara Malaysia. Email: .)
Year2011
Volume51
Issue6
Pages993-1018
Publication date2011-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Survey (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-4687 • E-ISSN: 1533-838X
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/as.2011.51.6.993
OpenAlexW2313887707
LanguageEN
Citations received55

This article argues that a more nuanced understanding is needed of the social composition of the redshirt protests in Bangkok from March-May 2010. Based on extensive interviews and survey research, the paper argues that many redshirts were “urbanized villagers” with lower middle class income levels and aspirations

Class (philosophy · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Middle class · Political science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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