Calls for Egypt-style soft coup in Thailand : why they will fail

• Main Author: Teresita Cruz-Del Rosario
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104065; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20107
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Unresolved conflict and continuing divisions within Thailand have sparked calls for an Egypt-style soft coup. Military intervention will not resolve the problems of a country that has learnt from a coup in 2006 that generals are unable to manage an economy, deliver public goods, and forge a national...