War, Trade and Desire: Urban Design and the Counter Public Spheres of Bangkok

This paper analyses an emergent public sphere in Bangkok in order to reveal the gap between ideals of public space as representation of power, nationhood, and modernity, versus its social production in everyday political struggles. The setting for political demonstrations recently shifted from roya...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brian McGrath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Jap Sam Books 2013-01-01
Series:Footprint
Online Access:https://ojs-libaccp.tudelft.nl/index.php/footprint/article/view/764