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The Seismic Shifts Behind the Coup in Thailand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Grant Evans
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Thailand has been in crisis since an armed forces coup overthrew Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in September 2006, ultimately forcing him into exile. Although his opponents used fair means and foul to keep various incarnations of Thaksin's party out of power, his sister Yingluck Shinawatra became Thailand's first female prime minister following a resounding electoral victory for Thaksin's Pheu Thai (For Thai) party in 2011.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 11 , Issue 25 , June 2013 , e3
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