{"product_id":"9781920901844-myths-and-realities","title":"Myths and Realities","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Democratization of Thai Politics\u003cbr\u003eThis study challenges the prevailing view that Thailands democratization process in the 1990s was led by the active middle class and presents an alternative explanation focusing upon the appeasement of passive forces.\u003cbr\u003eThis study challenges the prevailing view that Thailand's democratisation process in the 1990s was led by the active middle class. It presents an alternative explanation, examining certain 'passive' forces. The author argues the need to break free from the spell of the assumption that the middle class is pro-democracy and turn attention toward anti-democratisation forces because the pace of political democratisation was slowed down by the presence of such forces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book will emphasise the fresh point of view that democratisation was advanced by appeasement of the forces that were reluctant to democratisation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55178670801270,"sku":"9781920901844","price":95.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27260956.jpg?v=1737596430","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781920901844-myths-and-realities","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}