| Tearing Apart the Land: Islam and Legitimacy in Southern Thailand Subjects: Thailand Southern -- Politics and government; Legitimacy of governments -- Thailand Southern; Islam and politics -- Thailand Southern; Political violence -- Thailand Southern; Muslims -- Thailand Southern -- Political activity; Malays (Asian people); Since 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... Duncan McCargo is Professor of Southeast Asian Politics at the University of Leeds. He is the author of Chamlong Srimuang and the New Thai Politics, Politics and the Press in Thailand, Media and Politics in Pacific Asia, coauthor of The Thaksinization of Thailand, and editor of Rethinking Thailand's Southern Violence. |