Myths and realities : the democratization of Thai politics
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Myths and realities : the democratization of Thai politics
（Kyoto area studies on Asia / Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, v. 15）
Trans Pacific Press , Kyoto University Press, 2009, c2008
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First published: 2008
"This paperback edition published in 2009"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-347) and indexes
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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.
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