Civil Society And Democratization
Subtitle: Social Movements in Northeast Thailand (Nias Monographs)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press; NIAS
Published: January 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9788791114854
Subjects: Human rights; Political activism; Politics/International Relations; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Thailand; Public Policy - Social Policy; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Political Process - General; Civil society; Democratization; Social movements
Description: "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."-- Publisher description.