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Party Fabrication: Constitutional Reform and the Rise of Thai Rak Thai
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Hicken, Allen |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Description | Among the most interesting questions in Thai politics today is how to account for the rise and (until recently) the success of Thaksin Shinawatra and his Thai Rak Thai party. This article describes and analyzes some of the factors that contributed to the rise and success of Thaksin and Thai Rak Thai, arguing that neither Thaksin's personal assets nor the effects of the crisis are enough to explain Thai Rak Thai's rise and success. It focuses instead on the 1997 changes to Thailand's constitution. These institutional reforms were crucial because they altered Thailand's political-institutional landscape in fundamental ways. The reforms provided new opportunities and incentives for political actors that Thaksin and his party adeptly took advantage of. The argument presented is that the key reforms that helped pave the way for the rise of Thaksin and Thai Rak Thai were those reforms that helped reduce the number of political parties and that increased the power of the prime minister relative to coalition partners and intraparty factions. |
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| Ending Page | 407 |
| Page Count | 27 |
| Starting Page | 381 |
| ISSN | 15982408 |
| e-ISSN | 22346643 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s159824080000463x |
| Journal | Journal of East Asian Studies |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Volume Number | 6 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 2006-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal of East Asian Studies Political Parties |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Sociology and Political Science Political Science and International Relations Development Economics and Econometrics |
