Michael Kelly Connors

Democracy and National Identity in Thailand

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This revised and updated edition of the widely praised Democracy and National Identity in Thailand provides readers with a fascinating discussion of how debates about democracy and national identity in Thailand have evolved from the period of counter-insurgency in the 1960s to the current period. Focusing on state and civil society centered democratic projects, Connors uses original Thai language sources to trace how the Thai state developed a democratic ideology that meshed with idealized notions of Thai identity, focusing on the monarchy. The book moves on to explore how non-state actors have mobilized notions of democracy and national identity in their battle against authoritarian rule. It also invites readers to explore democratic ideology as a form of power aimed at creating ideal citizens able to support elite national projects.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Contemporary Asian Nr.7
• Verlag: NORDIC INST OF ASIAN STUDIES
• Revised and Upd
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: April 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9788776940027
• ISBN-10: 8776940020
• Artikelnr.: 21670435

Autorenporträt

Michael Connors teaches at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, PRC in the Department of International Studies and is the author of Democracy and National Identity in Thailand.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Talking Democracy2. Making Democracy Mean Something3.
Before the Doctrine: From Constitutional Democracy to Thai-style
Democracy4. Developmental Democracy: Villages, Insurgency and Security5.
Delayed Liberalism, the General Will: the Doctrine Entrenched6. Citizen
King: Emobdying Thainess7. New Times, New Constitution8. Liberalism, Civil
Society and New Projects of Subjection9. Rethinking the Nation in Times of
Crisis: Democracy, Civic Engagement and Community 10. Final Comments