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Series:   Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia

Thailand

Contestation, Polarization, and Democratic Regression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2024

Prajak Kongkirati
Prajak Kongkirati
Affiliation:
Thammasat University

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This Element aims to provide an overview of Thai politics with an up-to-date discussion of the characteristics of political regimes, political economy, and identity and mobilization that are grounded in historical analysis stretching back to the formation of the modern nation state. The thematic topics will focus on a) the chronic instability and ever-changing nature of political regimes resulting in the failure of democratic consolidation, b) the nexus of business and politics sustained by a patrimonial state structure, patronage politics and political corruption, and c) the contestation of identity and the causes and consequences of mass mobilization in the civic space and street politics.
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Thailandauthoritarianismpolarisationdemocratic backslidingcoup
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Series: Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia
Online ISBN: 9781108565677
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 30 May 2024

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