Democracy and National Identity in Thailand
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Democracy and National Identity in Thailand

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eBook - ePub

Democracy and National Identity in Thailand

About this book

This book seeks to illuminate how Thai elites have used democracy as an instrument for order and discipline. Drawing on interviews, numerous Thai language sources, and critical theory, the author reveals a remarkable adaptation of the idea of democracy in the Thai context. Connors shows how elites have drawn on Western political theory to design projects to create modern citizens. He argues that it is possible to see the idea and practice of elite liberal democracy in Thailand, and elsewhere, as a key ideological resource in the project of securing hegemony over undisciplined populations. In this perspective the ideas of civil society, civic virtue, social capital and democracy itself are all part of the weaponry deployed in an effort to create 'good citizens', who act as guardians of the elite defined common good.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2003
eBook ISBN
9781134484362
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Australian & Oceanian History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. RoutledgeCurzon Research on Southeast Asia
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. 1 Introduction: talking democracy
  10. 2 Making democracy mean something
  11. 3 Before the doctrine: from constitutional democracy to Thai-style democracy
  12. 4 Developmental democracy: villages, insurgency and security
  13. 5 Delayed liberalism, the general will: the doctrine entrenched
  14. 6 Citizen King: embodying Thainess
  15. 7 New times, new constitution
  16. 8 Liberalism, civil society and new projects of subjection
  17. 9 Rethinking the nation in times of crisis: democracy, civic engagement and community
  18. 10 Final comments
  19. Select bibliography
  20. Index