Thailand's movement party: the evolution of the Move Forward Party
The existing literature on the relationship between political parties and social movements draws mainly from European cases, and has rarely captured the kinds of relationships that may exist in other parts of the world. This article addresses the gap by shedding light on the dynamics of party–moveme...
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| description | The existing literature on the relationship between political parties and social movements draws mainly from European cases, and has rarely captured the kinds of relationships that may exist in other parts of the world. This article addresses the gap by shedding light on the dynamics of party–movement relationships in Thailand. We examine the connections between two Thai political parties and a variety of protest movements. Our analysis demonstrates that Thailand’s Move Forward Party and its predecessor the Future Forward Party can be classified as movement parties, but that they operated differently. While Future Forward was a clandestine movement party, concealing its origins in grassroots activism, Move Forward later revealed its activist roots and underwent a transformation from a clandestine to a fully fledged movement party. This change was triggered by two emerging conditions: the rise of student-led mass movements and collective demands for radical change that had been ignored by other political parties. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1798362024-09-01T15:30:21Z Thailand's movement party: the evolution of the Move Forward Party Laohabut, Thareerat McCargo, Duncan School of Social Sciences Social Sciences Political parties Movement parties The existing literature on the relationship between political parties and social movements draws mainly from European cases, and has rarely captured the kinds of relationships that may exist in other parts of the world. This article addresses the gap by shedding light on the dynamics of party–movement relationships in Thailand. We examine the connections between two Thai political parties and a variety of protest movements. Our analysis demonstrates that Thailand’s Move Forward Party and its predecessor the Future Forward Party can be classified as movement parties, but that they operated differently. While Future Forward was a clandestine movement party, concealing its origins in grassroots activism, Move Forward later revealed its activist roots and underwent a transformation from a clandestine to a fully fledged movement party. This change was triggered by two emerging conditions: the rise of student-led mass movements and collective demands for radical change that had been ignored by other political parties. Published version This research has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) (Grant agreement No. 101001458, CIVILSPACE) (Laohabut) and the Research Council of Norway, “Leadership and democratic participation in Asia,” Project# 314849 (McCargo). This support is gratefully acknowledged. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. 2024-08-27T02:58:41Z 2024-08-27T02:58:41Z 2024 Journal Article Laohabut, T. & McCargo, D. (2024). Thailand's movement party: the evolution of the Move Forward Party. Journal of East Asian Studies, 24(1), 25-47. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jea.2024.1 1598-2408 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179836 10.1017/jea.2024.1 2-s2.0-85189699980 1 24 25 47 en Journal of East Asian Studies © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the East Asia Institute. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited. application/pdf |
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