Democracy, Development and Decentralization in Provincial ThailandPsychology Press, 2001 - 308 pages 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Thai State Democracy Decentralization and Development | 16 |
Rural Transformations in a Central Thai District | 43 |
From the Era of Dictatorship to the Era of Democracy The Election of a Subdistrict Head | 71 |
Its About Giving The Provincial Council Election of 1990 | 129 |
A Coup Three General Elections and Learning Democracy Local Participation in National Politics 19901995 | 166 |
You Cant Beat Money The Provincial Council Election of 1995 and the General Election of 1996 | 189 |
Money Decentralization and Democratization | 222 |
Conclusion | 272 |
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Democracy, Development and Decentralization in Provincial Thailand Daniel Arghiros Limited preview - 2016 |
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