LEADER 04544nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910456863403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-5017-0291-2 010 $a0-8014-6362-9 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801463624 035 $a(CKB)2550000000035243 035 $a(OCoLC)732957180 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10468077 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000541810 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11368705 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000541810 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10509258 035 $a(PQKB)11111933 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138198 035 $a(OCoLC)1017608183 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse65127 035 $a(DE-B1597)481723 035 $a(OCoLC)984592612 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801463624 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138198 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10468077 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000035243 100 $a20080305d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTearing apart the land$b[electronic resource] $eIslam and legitimacy in Southern Thailand /$fDuncan McCargo 210 $aIthaca [N.Y.] $cCornell University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (263 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8014-7499-X 311 $a0-8014-4527-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIslam -- Politics -- Security -- Militants. 330 $aSince January 2004, a violent separatist insurgency has raged in southern Thailand, resulting in more than three thousand deaths. Though largely unnoticed outside Southeast Asia, the rebellion in Pattani and neighboring provinces and the Thai government's harsh crackdown have resulted in a full-scale crisis. Tearing Apart the Land by Duncan McCargo, one of the world's leading scholars of contemporary Thai politics, is the first fieldwork-based book about this conflict. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of the region, hundreds of interviews conducted during a year's research in the troubled area, and unpublished Thai-language sources that range from anonymous leaflets to confessions extracted by Thai security forces, McCargo locates the roots of the conflict in the context of the troubled power relations between Bangkok and the Muslim-majority "deep South." McCargo describes how Bangkok tried to establish legitimacy by co-opting local religious and political elites. This successful strategy was upset when Thaksin Shinawatra became prime minister in 2001 and set out to reorganize power in the region. Before Thaksin was overthrown in a 2006 military coup, his repressive policies had exposed the precariousness of the Bangkok government's influence. A rejuvenated militant movement had emerged, invoking Islamic rhetoric to challenge the authority of local leaders obedient to Bangkok. For readers interested in contemporary Southeast Asia, insurgency and counterinsurgency, Islam, politics, and questions of political violence, Tearing Apart the Land is a powerful account of the changing nature of Islam on the Malay peninsula, the legitimacy of the central Thai government and the failures of its security policy, the composition of the militant movement, and the conflict's disastrous impact on daily life in the deep South. Carefully distinguishing the uprising in southern Thailand from other Muslim rebellions, McCargo suggests that the conflict can be ended only if a more participatory mode of governance is adopted in the region. 606 $aLegitimacy of governments$zThailand, Southern 606 $aIslam and politics$zThailand, Southern 606 $aPolitical violence$zThailand, Southern 606 $aMuslims$xPolitical activity$zThailand, Southern 606 $aMalays (Asian people)$zThailand, Southern$xPolitics and government 606 $aInsurgency$zThailand, Southern 607 $aThailand, Southern$xPolitics and government 607 $aThailand$xPolitics and government$y1988- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLegitimacy of governments 615 0$aIslam and politics 615 0$aPolitical violence 615 0$aMuslims$xPolitical activity 615 0$aMalays (Asian people)$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aInsurgency 676 $a959.3 700 $aMcCargo$b Duncan$0572293 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456863403321 996 $aTearing apart the land$92490829 997 $aUNINA