Lineages of the Authoritarian State in Thailand

Military Dictatorship, Lazy Capitalism and the Cold War Past as Post-Cold War Prologue

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4867243
AutoresJ Glassman (0009-0008-9294-7643, University of British Columbia, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume50
Fascículo4
Páginas571-592
Data de publicação2020-08-07
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Contemporary Asia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0047-2336 • E-ISSN: 1752-7554
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00472336.2019.1688378
OpenAlexW2988030897
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15
Referências citadas61

The legacies of Cold War authoritarianism in Thailand have continued to the present, including in the conduct and the outcome of the 2019 general elections. In this article it is argued that not only did Cold War precedents like the 1969 general election help shape this lineage, but the practices of Cold War authoritarian regimes in Thailand, including the promotion of "lazy" forms of capitalism based heavily on absolute value strategies, shaped development and the labour force in ways that have also contributed to enduring authoritarian tendencies. This argument is made by reviewing the underpinnings of the 1969 election as well as by reviewing how Thailand's industrial and labour force structures evolved in this particular authoritarian context, contrasting the Thailand case with that of Cold War South Korea

Authoritarianism · Capitalism · Cold war · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Dictatorship · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prologue · Sociology · State (computer science · Cambodian History and Society · History · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies