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Oligarchy in Thailand?
Oligarchie in Thailand?
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Abstract A modern conception of oligarchy, which can be housed under an authoritarian regime as easily as it can under a liberal democratic one, can affect our understanding of the potential national political repercussions of extreme inequalities of wealth. This article has two goals: (1) to conceptually an... mehr
A modern conception of oligarchy, which can be housed under an authoritarian regime as easily as it can under a liberal democratic one, can affect our understanding of the potential national political repercussions of extreme inequalities of wealth. This article has two goals: (1) to conceptually analyse the meaning of oligarchy; and (2) to make a descriptive case for its use in the Thai context. The test case of contemporary Thailand shows what exactly an oligarch or oligarchy means under a military regime and the potential effects for national politics of an oligarchy based on material wealth. Utilizing Jeffrey A. Winters’ Aristotelian-grounded conception of oligarchy for the contemporary world, this article argues that some political outcomes in Thailand are inexplicable without recourse to a modern variant of oligarchic theory and analysis. (author's abstract)... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Thailand; politisches System; Oligarchie; politische Kultur; Staatsform; Südostasien; Entwicklungsland; autoritäres System
Klassifikation
Soziologie von Gesamtgesellschaften
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Methode
deskriptive Studie; Theorieanwendung
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2015
Seitenangabe
S. 3-25
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 34 (2015) 1
ISSN
1868-1034
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)