Democracy and National Identity in Thailand

ISBN-13: 9780415272308 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 282 str.

Michael Kelly Connors; M. Connors; Michael Kelly Connors

Opis

This volume seeks to illuminate how Thai elites have used democracy as an instrument for order and discipline. Drawing on interviews, numerous Thai language sources and critical theory, Michael Kelly Connors reveals an adaptation of the idea of democracy in the Thai context. He shows how elites have drawn on Western political theory to design projects to create modern citizens.

Recenzje

'This is an important book and deserves a local readership' - Bangkok Post

'A welcome contribution to the study of modern Thailand' - Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism

'an important work that seeks to introduce a measure of analytical abstraction to the study of Thailand.' - Asian Journal of Political Science

'This is a wonderfully constructed and thought-provoking account of the many elements of modern Thai democracy discourse.' - Journal of Contemporary Asia

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Michael Kelly Connors is Lecturer in Politics at La Trobe University, Melbourne. He has written articles for journals such as Democratization, Journal of Contemporary Asia and Thamyris, an International Journal of Feminist Inquiry.