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Civil Society and
Democratization
Social Movements in Northeast Thailand
by Somchai Phatharathananunth
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A ‘sophisticated, well-researched
and extremely important contribution to Thai political studies’
(external reviewer).
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Succeeds in revising orthodox
understandings of Thailand’s democratization by exploring the role
and impact of neglected social forces.
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Contains substantial empirical work
on the SSFAI and related organizations.
This book is for anyone wondering
whatever happened to Thailand’s vanished Marxist insurgents or
interested in understanding the forces behind the mass demonstrations of
peasants that periodically descend on Bangkok. Specifically, the book
investigates the struggle of an important social movement in Thailand, the
Small Scale Farmers’ Assembly of Isan (SSFAI), and examines the role of
civil society in the process of democratization. This first major work on
the SSFAI demonstrates how civil society organizations in the form of
social movements contribute to the democratization process in the key
areas of citizenship rights. Moreover, the book also addresses two
important themes in social movements research: the impacts of strategies
and tactics on the outcomes of social movements, and the effect of
organizational structure on movements’ goals and activities.
Contents
Introduction: Civil Society and the Struggles for the Right to Have
Rights
Political Radicalism in Isan
The Origin and Transitional Period of the SSFAI
The SSFAI During the Radical Period (1993–95)
Conflicts, Splits and the Experimentation with a New Strategy
The SSFAI After the Failure of the Compromise Strategy
From Regional to National Organization
Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Published by NIAS
Press, NIAS Monographs # 99
Publ. 2006, 251 pp., illus.
ISBN 978 8 791114 38 0, hardback, £42.00
ISBN 978 87 91114 85 4, paperback, £16.99
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