03320nam 2200661Ia 450 991096269600332120251116204147.01-134-48436-41-280-07333-01-134-48437-20-203-36163-610.4324/9780203361634 (CKB)1000000000443215(SSID)ssj0000293625(PQKBManifestationID)11195876(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000293625(PQKBWorkID)10302707(PQKB)10948469(MiAaPQ)EBC180736(Au-PeEL)EBL180736(CaPaEBR)ebr10097395(CaONFJC)MIL7333(OCoLC)252924574(OCoLC)56204314(BIP)65650731(BIP)7741901(EXLCZ)99100000000044321520020223d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDemocracy and national identity in Thailand /Michael Kelly ConnorsNew York London RoutledgeCurzonc2003viii, 275 pRoutledgeCurzon research on Southeast Asia ;2Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-415-27230-0 0-203-37841-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [254]-261) and index.1. Introduction : talking democracy -- 2. Making democracy mean something -- 3. Before the doctrine : from constitutional democracy to Thai-style democracy -- 4. Developmental democracy : villages, insurgency and security -- 5. Delayed liberalism, the general will : the doctrine entrenched -- 6. Citizen King : embodying Thainess -- 7. New times, new constitution -- 8. Liberalism, civil society and new projects of subjection -- 9. Rethinking the nation in times of crisis : democracy, civic engagement and community -- 10. Final comments.This book 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, the author reveals a remarkable adaptation of the idea of democracy in the Thai context. Connors shows how elites have drawn on Western political theory to design projects to create modern citizens. He argues that it is possible to see the idea and practice of elite liberal democracy in Thailand, and elsewhere, as a key ideological resource in the project of securing hegemony over undisciplined populations. In this perspective the ideas of civil society, civic virtue, social capital and democracy itself are all part of the weaponry deployed in an effort to create 'good citizens', who act as guardians of the elite defined common good.RoutledgeCurzon research on Southeast Asia ;2.NationalismThailandDemocracyThailandThailandPolitics and government20th centuryNationalismDemocracy320.9593Connors Michael Kelly674881MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962696003321Democracy and national identity in Thailand4467382UNINA