| Myths and Realities: The Democratization of Thai Politics Volume 15 Contributor(s): Tamada, Yoshifumi (Author) |
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ISBN: 1920901418 ISBN-13: 9781920901417 Publisher: Trans Pacific Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: This study now in paperback traces the root of Thailand's current political instability back to the 1990s. It challenges the prevailing view that the nation's democratization process, during the decade, was led by the active middle class. The book arg |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Southeast Asia - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | Political Process - General |
| Dewey: 320.959 |
| Series: Kyoto Area Studies on Asia |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.30 lbs) 356 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study - now in paperback - traces the root of Thailand's current political instability back to the 1990s. It challenges the prevailing view that the nation's democratization process, during the decade, was led by the active middle class. The book argues that the key role played by the middle class was moderation rather than promotion of democracy. The middle class achieved discursive power after the May 1992 incident and prevented the numerical majority of the population - rural residents and urban lower class people - from gaining the hegemony. With competing forces in Thai politics under the microscope, and with a particular focus on 'passive' political actors, Myths and Realities shows that the appeasement of the opponents of democratization is no less crucial than the emergence or empowerment of its proponents. The Japanese original of Myths and Realities won an Ohira Masayoshi Memorial Prize in 2003. |