Political change in Thailand : democracy and participation / / edited by Kevin Hewison

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1997
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 301 pages)
• Disciplina: 320.9593/09/049
• Soggetto topico: Democracy - Thailand
• Soggetto geografico: Thailand Politics and government
• Altri autori: HewisonKevin
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [274]-291) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction : power, oppositions and democratisation / Kevin Hewison -- 2. Power in transition : Thailand in the 1990s / Pasuk Phongpaichit and Chris Baker -- 3. Old soldiers never die, they are just bypassed : the military, bureaucracy and globalisation / Chai-Anan Samudavanija -- 4. The monarchy and democratisation / Kevin Hewison -- 5. Withering centre, flourishing margins : Buddhism's changing political roles / Peter A. Jackson -- 6. More of the same? : politics and business, 1987-96 / Paul Handley -- 7. Thailand's political parties : real, authentic and actual / Duncan McCargo -- 8. Electoral politics : commercialisation and exclusion / Surin Maisrikrod and Duncan McCargo -- 9. Local bureaucrats, power and participation : a study of two village schools in the Northeast / Bruce Missingham -- 10. Locating working-class power / Andrew Brown -- 11. The politics of environment : opposition and legitimacy / Philip Hirsch -- 12. Non-governmental development organisations : empowerment and environment / Prudhisan Jumbala and Maneerat Mitprasat -- 13. Thailand's media : whose watchdog? / Thitinan Pongsudhirak -- 14. The Thai medical profession and political activism / Scott Bamber -- 15. The changing role of provincial business in the Thai political economy / Parichart Chotiya.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Political change in Thailand
• ISBN: 1-134-68120-8; 0-203-07578-1; 1-280-35435-6; 1-134-68121-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816790803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Politics in Asia series.