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Political Change in Thailand Kevin Hewison

Political Change in Thailand By Kevin Hewison

Political Change in Thailand by Kevin Hewison


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This book will be of particular interest to those who require an understanding of the complex and rapidly changing political realities of contemporary Thailand.

Political Change in Thailand Summary

Political Change in Thailand: Democracy and Participation by Kevin Hewison

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. Political Change in Thailand will be of particular interest to those who require an understanding of the complex and rapidly changing political realities of contemporary Thailand.

About Kevin Hewison

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.

Table of Contents

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: Buddhisms changing political roles 6 More of the same? Politics and business, 198796 7 Thailands 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 Thailands media: Whose watchdog? 14 The Thai medical profession and political activism 15 The changing role of provincial business in the Thai political economy

Additional information

NPB9780415147958
9780415147958
0415147956
Political Change in Thailand: Democracy and Participation by Kevin Hewison
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1997-10-09
320
N/A
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