Thai politics in the 21st century: Thaksin's true legacy and its mechanism of conflict
The current problem facing Thailand is the inability of the country to move beyond conflict due to the paralysing of state apparatus. This paper argues that the root cause of this problem is the legacy of the former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in which he raised class divisions betwee...
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| author | Surachana Thanapratpruang |
| author2 | Farish A Noor |
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| description | The current problem facing Thailand is the inability of the country to move beyond
conflict due to the paralysing of state apparatus. This paper argues that the root cause
of this problem is the legacy of the former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in
which he raised class divisions between the elites/middle class and the grassroots to
new levels of antagonism while placing himself at the center of that conflict.
Significantly, despite being in exile, Thaksin remains the divisive figure influencing
the now polarized Thailand, and Thailand's path forward will unavoidably depend on
this legacy in the future.
Keywords: Thaksin, Populism, class division, antagonism, divisive, Thailand,
legacy, popularity, paralyzed, chaos, elites, grassroots |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/651862020-11-01T08:14:31Z Thai politics in the 21st century: Thaksin's true legacy and its mechanism of conflict Surachana Thanapratpruang Farish A Noor S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Business::International business::Asia The current problem facing Thailand is the inability of the country to move beyond conflict due to the paralysing of state apparatus. This paper argues that the root cause of this problem is the legacy of the former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in which he raised class divisions between the elites/middle class and the grassroots to new levels of antagonism while placing himself at the center of that conflict. Significantly, despite being in exile, Thaksin remains the divisive figure influencing the now polarized Thailand, and Thailand's path forward will unavoidably depend on this legacy in the future. Keywords: Thaksin, Populism, class division, antagonism, divisive, Thailand, legacy, popularity, paralyzed, chaos, elites, grassroots Master of Science (Asian Studies) 2015-06-15T07:25:26Z 2015-06-15T07:25:26Z 2014 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/65186 en 51 p. application/pdf |
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| title | Thai politics in the 21st century: Thaksin's true legacy and its mechanism of conflict |
| title_full | Thai politics in the 21st century: Thaksin's true legacy and its mechanism of conflict |
| title_fullStr | Thai politics in the 21st century: Thaksin's true legacy and its mechanism of conflict |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thai politics in the 21st century: Thaksin's true legacy and its mechanism of conflict |
| title_short | Thai politics in the 21st century: Thaksin's true legacy and its mechanism of conflict |
| title_sort | thai politics in the 21st century thaksin s true legacy and its mechanism of conflict |
| topic | DRNTU::Business::International business::Asia |
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