Thailand's Election

For the fourth time since 2001, the Thai electorate has handed victory to Pheu Thai, the party associated with former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was the first to recognise the social pressures generated by Thailand's breakneck transition from a low-income to a middle-income economy...

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Published inEconomic and political weekly Vol. 46; no. 29; pp. 30 - 33
Main Authors PHONGPAICHIT, PASUK, BAKER, CHRIS
Format Journal Article Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Mumbai Sameeksha Trust 16.07.2011
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Subjects
COMMENTARY
Conservatism
Constituents
Democracy
Elections
Electorate
Inequality
Low income groups
Political campaigns
Political elections
Political influence
Political parties
Polls
Prime ministers
Thaksin Shinawatra
Voting
Thailand
Bangkok Thailand
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Summary:For the fourth time since 2001, the Thai electorate has handed victory to Pheu Thai, the party associated with former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was the first to recognise the social pressures generated by Thailand's breakneck transition from a low-income to a middle-income economy over the past generation. For the past five years, the battleground of Thailand's political conflict has been the streets. In this melee, the composition and weight of each side has been hard to gauge. The poll result gives a clear reading; the election also shifts the conflict back into the formal institutions of representative democracy.
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ISSN:0012-9976
2349-8846