Thailand's politics has been contentious in recent years. With a
military coup in 2006 and another in 2014, the country has moved
from being a promising electoral democracy to a military
dictatorship. Electoral politics was embraced enthusiastically by
some groups, including those in rural areas of the north and
northeast, but came to be feared by groups variously identified as
the old elite, royalists and the establishment. The transition to
authoritarianism saw large and lengthy street protests and
considerable violence. This book examines the background to and the
sources of conflict and the turn to authoritarianism. It addresses:
the return of the military to political centre stage; the
monarchy's pivotal role in opposing electoral democracy; the manner
in which sections of civil society have rejected electoral
politics; and the rise of powerful non-elected bodies such as the
Constitutional Court. In examining Thailand's authoritarianism,
attention is also given to how income and wealth inequality may
motivate political outcomes and also to the ways in which the
military and the old elite have attempted to establish a
"Thai-style democracy" that disenfranchises the majority. This book
was previously published as a special issue of Journal of
Contemporary Asia.
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