Political Authority And Provincial Identity In Thailand
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Political Authority And Provincial Identity In Thailand
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Author : Yoshinori Nishizaki
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-08-06
Political Authority And Provincial Identity In Thailand written by Yoshinori Nishizaki and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-06 with History categories.
The powerful Thai politician Banharn Silpa-archa has been disparaged as a corrupt operator who for years channeled excessive state funds into developing his own rural province. This book reinterprets Banharm's career and offers a detailed portrait of the voters who support him. Relying on extensive interviews, the author shows how Banharm's constituents have developed a strong provincial identity based on their pride in his advancement of their province, Suphanburi, which many now call "Banharm-buri," the place of Banharm. Yoshinori Nishizaki's analysis challenges simplistic perceptions of rural Thai voters and raises vital questions about contemporary democracy in Thailand. Yoshinori Nishizaki's close and thorough examination of the numerous public construction projects sponsored and even personally funded by Banharn clearly illustrates this politician’s canny abilities and tireless, meticulous oversight of his domain. Banharn’s constituents are aware that Suphanburi was long considered a "backward" province by other Thais—notably the Bangkok elite. Suphanburians hold the neglectful central government responsible for their province’s former sorry condition and humiliating reputation. Banharn has successfully identified himself as the antithesis to the inefficient central state by promoting rapid "development" and advertising his own role in that development through well-publicized donations, public ceremonies, and visits to the sites of new buildings and highways. Much standard literature on rural politics and society in Thailand and other democratizing countries in Southeast Asia would categorize this politician as a typical "strongman," the boss of a semiviolent patronage network that squeezes votes out of the people. That standard analysis would utterly fail to recognize and understand the grassroots realities of Suphanburi that Nishizaki has captured in his study. This compassionate, well-grounded analysis challenges simplistic perceptions of rural Thai voters and raises vital questions about contemporary democracy in Thailand.
Dynastic Democracy
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Author : Yoshinori Nishizaki
language : en
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Release Date : 2022-09-20
Dynastic Democracy written by Yoshinori Nishizaki and has been published by University of Wisconsin Pres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-20 with History categories.
The political history of Thailand since the overthrow of absolute monarchy in 1932 has conventionally been interpreted as a long series of popular struggles for representative democracy and against military authoritarian rule. Yoshinori Nishizaki argues that this history can be better understood as one of struggles by elite political families for and against "dynastic democracy". Drawing extensively on Thai-language primary sources, including assets documents and cremation volumes for deceased politicians and their kin, Nishizaki traces the intricate blood and marriage connections among Thailand's political families. Dynastic Democracy fleshes out a widely acknowledged yet heretofore empirically unsubstantiated facet of Thai political history--that in Thai politics, family matters.
Money And Power In Provincial Thailand
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Author : Ruth Thomas McVey
language : en
Publisher: NIAS Press
Release Date : 2000
Money And Power In Provincial Thailand written by Ruth Thomas McVey and has been published by NIAS Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Business & Economics categories.
During the 1990s, the Thai provinces saw the rise of a frequently violent competition for business and political leadership. This examination of economic change focuses on this middle ground between metropolis and countryside, an arena being transformed by capitalist development.
Political Authority In Thailand
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Author : Richard Basham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Political Authority In Thailand written by Richard Basham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Buddhism and state categories.
National Identity And Its Defenders Thailand 1939 1989
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Author : Craig J. Reynolds
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
National Identity And Its Defenders Thailand 1939 1989 written by Craig J. Reynolds and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Ethnicity categories.
Public Opinion And Political Power In Thailand
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Author : Robert B. Albritton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Public Opinion And Political Power In Thailand written by Robert B. Albritton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Democracy categories.
Democracy And National Identity In Thailand
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Author : Michael Kelly Connors
language : en
Publisher: NIAS Press
Release Date : 2007
Democracy And National Identity In Thailand written by Michael Kelly Connors and has been published by NIAS Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
This revised and updated edition of the widely praised Democracy and National Identity in Thailand provides readers with a fascinating discussion of how debates about democracy and national identity in Thailand have evolved from the period of counter-insurgency in the 1960s to the current period. Focusing on state and civil society centered democratic projects, Connors uses original Thai language sources to trace how the Thai state developed a democratic ideology that meshed with idealized notions of Thai identity, focusing on the monarchy. The book moves on to explore how non-state actors have mobilized notions of democracy and national identity in their battle against authoritarian rule. It also invites readers to explore democratic ideology as a form of power aimed at creating ideal citizens able to support elite national projects.
Democracy Development And Decentralization In Provincial Thailand
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Author : Daniel Arghiros
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-06
Democracy Development And Decentralization In Provincial Thailand written by Daniel Arghiros and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-06 with Social Science categories.
This definitive study of electoral politics and democratic decentralization in provincial Thailand investigates how democracy is unfolding in the context of emergent capitalism, exploring the relationships between the politics of the locality, the province and the nation from 1950.
Central Authority And Local Democratization In Thailand
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Author : Michael H. Nelson
language : en
Publisher: White Lotus Company, Limited (Thailand)
Release Date : 1998
Central Authority And Local Democratization In Thailand written by Michael H. Nelson and has been published by White Lotus Company, Limited (Thailand) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Political Science categories.
Thai Politics In Translation
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Author : Michael Kelly Connors
language : en
Publisher: ASIA Insights
Release Date : 2021
Thai Politics In Translation written by Michael Kelly Connors and has been published by ASIA Insights this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with History categories.
Since Thailand's prolonged political crisis began with royalist mobilization against prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 2005, international observers have been treated to easy clichés about reactionary Thai elites. The chapters in this book invite readers to hold back quick judgement and instead engage with the conservative norms of sections of the middle class, the military, intellectuals and state ideologues. The opening chapter by the editors provides a historical overview of relevant themes and introduces the translated pieces. It also argues that the concept of a supra-constitution, first introduced by legal scholar Somchai Preechasilpakul in a brilliant lecture to the Pridi Banomyong Institute in 2007, is a powerful frame for interpreting conservative Thai politics. Somchai's lecture, now translated here, explains that an unwritten supra-constitution sits above the many failed constitutions that litter Thai history. Like a guiding spirit it contains evolving norms on military and monarchical power which circumscribe democratic political contest.