Democracy, Development and Decentralization in Provincial Thailand

1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-7007-1523-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 143 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: NIAS

This definitive study of electoral politics and democratic decentralization in provincial Thailand investigates how democracy is unfolding in the context of emergent capitalism, exploring the relationships between the politics of the locality, the province and the nation from 1950.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arghiros, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Introduction; 2: The Thai State, Democracy, Decentralization and Development; 3: Rural Transformations in a Central Thai District; 4: From the ‘Era of Dictatorship' to the ‘Era of Democracy': The Election of a Subdistrict Head; 5: ‘It's About Giving': The Provincial Council Election of 1990; 6: A Coup, Three General Elections and Learning Democracy: Local Participation in National Politics 1990–1995; 7: ‘You Can't Beat Money': The Provincial Council Election of 1995 and the General Election of 1996; 8: Money, Decentralization and Democratization; 9: Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel Arghiros