This study challenges the prevailing view that Thailand's democratisation process in the 1990s was led by the active middle class. It presents an alternative explanation, examining certain 'passive' forces. The author argues the need to break free from the spell of the assumption that the middle class is pro-democracy and turn attention toward anti-democratisation forces because the pace of political democratisation was slowed down by the presence of such forces.
This book will emphasise the fresh point of view that democratisation was advanced by appeasement of the forces that were reluctant to democratisation.
Book InformationISBN 9781920901844
Author Yoshifumi TamadaFormat Hardback
Page Count 356
Imprint Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific PressPublisher Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press