This book provides an assessment of approaches to studying Thai politics, the various forces reshaping the forms of political activity and their roles in the fluid contemporary political environment. This volume will be of particular interest to those who require an understanding of the complex and rapidly changing political realities of contemporary Thailand.
This book provides an assessment of approaches to studying Thai politics, the various forces reshaping the forms of political activity and their roles in the fluid contemporary political environment. This volume will be of particular interest to those who require an understanding of the complex and rapidly changing political realities of contemporary Thailand.
Kevin Hewison is Foundation Chair of Asian Languages and Societies at the University of New England, Australia. He is a Fellow of the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University.
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Preface and a note on the text, 1 Introduction: Power, oppositions and democratisation 2 Power in transition: Thailand in the 1990s 3 Old soldiers never die, they are just bypassed: The military, bureaucracy and globalisation 4 The monarchy and democratisation 5 Withering centre, flourishing margins: Buddhism's changing political roles 6 More of the same? Politics and business, 1987-96 7 Thailand's political parties: Real, authentic and actual 8 Electoral politics: Commercialisation and exclusion 9 Local bureaucrats, power and participation: A study of two village schools in the Northeast 10 Locating working-class power 11 The politics of environment: Opposition and legitimacy 12 Non-governmental development organisations: Empowerment and environment 13 Thailand's media: Whose watchdog? 14 The Thai medical profession and political activism 15 The changing role of provincial business in the Thai political economy
Preface and a note on the text, 1 Introduction: Power, oppositions and democratisation 2 Power in transition: Thailand in the 1990s 3 Old soldiers never die, they are just bypassed: The military, bureaucracy and globalisation 4 The monarchy and democratisation 5 Withering centre, flourishing margins: Buddhism's changing political roles 6 More of the same? Politics and business, 1987-96 7 Thailand's political parties: Real, authentic and actual 8 Electoral politics: Commercialisation and exclusion 9 Local bureaucrats, power and participation: A study of two village schools in the Northeast 10 Locating working-class power 11 The politics of environment: Opposition and legitimacy 12 Non-governmental development organisations: Empowerment and environment 13 Thailand's media: Whose watchdog? 14 The Thai medical profession and political activism 15 The changing role of provincial business in the Thai political economy
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