Writings On Religion and Politics
Religion has been a central theme of McCargo's work, dating back to his doctoral research on Chamlong's links with the Santi Asoke Buddhist movement. His writings on Thai Buddhism - which he has suggested is an obstacle to, rather than an asset for, processes of democratization in the country - have generated controversy in Thailand, and have been extensively challenged in two recent books by the leading scholar-monk Prayudh Payutto. His work on the Southern Thai conflict dealt extensively with the role of Islam in Thailand's Malay-majority region.
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