Red Journeys: Inside the Thai red-shirt movement Rights politics “This book on contemporary Thai

“This book on contemporary Thai foreign policy plugs a gaping hole in Thai studies and its overwhelming focus on politics and political economy

and a dozen maps have been drawn especially for this edition

it became part of birth and childhood rites and marriage and death ceremonies

Much more than a travel journal of a year in Thailand

”—Brenda Yeoh

Red Journeys: Inside the Thai red-shirt movement Rights politics “This book on contemporary ThaiRed Journeys is a firsthand account of the emergence and expansion of the redshirt protests in Bangkok that took place in 2010. It traces the origins of the protest, focusing on the unique voices, stories, and motives of those who participated in the movement. Sopranzetti vividly depicts daily life in the heart of the movement and when the peaceful occupation descended into violence and neared its tragic end, he describes the final moments of the