Asian Review
Counter-movements in democratic transition: Thai rightwing movements after the 1973 popular uprising
Publication Date
2006-01-01
Abstract
After 1973, the Thai student movement was limited and weakened by several right-wing movements that collectively operated as counter-movements. This paper explores the factors and processes that account for the emergence and success of these counter-movements. The impact of the student movement, the changing political rules, and the incapacity of the Thai elite to employ old tactics to crush the student movement created critical conditions for a counter-movement to mobilize. Such conditions, however, cannot guarantee success. The success of the right-wing movements resulted from three factors: 1) effective organization and framing; 2) fragmentation of authority; and 3) state inaction. This Thai case suggests, in contrast to existing arguments in democratization literature, that it was not the radicalization of the progressive movements alone that was responsible for the failure of democracy but the complex if manipulated interaction between them, right-wing movements, and the state.
DOI
10.58837/CHULA.ARV.19.1.5
First Page
101
Last Page
134
Recommended Citation
Kongkirati, Prajak
(2006)
"Counter-movements in democratic transition: Thai rightwing movements after the 1973 popular uprising,"
Asian Review: Vol. 19:
No.
1, Article 6.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.ARV.19.1.5
Available at:
https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/arv/vol19/iss1/6