Direk Seminar & Book Launch “Thailand : Contestation, Polarization, and Democratic Regression”
This Element aims to provide an overview of Thai politics with an up-to-date discussion of the characteristics of political regimes, political economy, and identity and mobilization that are grounded in historical analysis stretching back to the formation of the modern nation state. The thematic topics will focus on a) the chronic instability and ever-changing nature of political regimes resulting in the failure of democratic consolidation, b) the nexus of business and politics sustained by a patrimonial state structure, patronage politics and political corruption, and c) the contestation of identity and the causes and consequences of mass mobilization in the civic space and street politics.
Direk Jayanama Research Center, Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University invite interested persons to attend the serminar on “Thailand : Contestation, Polarization, and Democratic Regression” on
Monday, 2nd September 2024 1:30 P.M. – 3:30 P.M.
Room 102, 1st floor, Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University
Speaker :
Professor Dr.Duncan McCargo
President’s Chair in Global Affairs, Nanyang Technological University Dr.Chris Baker
Writer, Researcher and Translator Assoc.Prof.Dr.Prajak Kongkirati
Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University
Moderator
Dr.Purawich Watanasukh
Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University
