Muslim Insurgency, Political Violence, and Democracy in Thailand1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4867690 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aurel Croissant (0000-0001-9927-3241, Heidelberg University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-18 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Terrorism and Political Violence (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-6553 • E-ISSN: 1556-1836 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09546550601054485 |
| OpenAlex | W2052415936 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 11 |
In the past couple of years, Thailand's three southernmost provinces have become a hotspot of ethnic insurgency. This article analyzes the insurgency from two perspectives. The first relates to the causes, contours, and involved groups of the conflict. The analysis will show that the roots of radicalism can be traced to several contentious religious, cultural, economic, and political causes such as cultural discrimination, relative economic deprivation, and political alienation. However, the drift toward militancy in the past years is mainly caused by recent shifts in the local and regional political environment of Thailand's deep South. The second perspective relates to the political consequences of the unrest. While it is highly unlikely that extremists will reach their separatist goal, insurgency and counter-insurgency contribute to the erosion of liberal democracy in Thailand. Immediate consequences of (counter)-insurgency such as the erosion of respect for human rights and other political rights and the deepening political divide in Thai society contribute to the emergence of an illiberal or semi-democratic political regime, characterized by the rise of a single political party and its all-powerful political leader to near-hegemonic power
Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Ethnic conflict · Hegemony · Insurgency · Political economy · Political radicalism · Political science · Political violence · Politics · Sociology · Unrest · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,61 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2023 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |