Thailand's urbanized villagers and political polarization
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Thailand's urbanized villagers and political polarization. / McCargo, Duncan.
In: Critical Asian Studies, Vol. 49, No. 3, 09.2017, p. 365-378.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Thailand's urbanized villagers and political polarization
AU - McCargo, Duncan
PY - 2017/9
Y1 - 2017/9
N2 - Thailand currently suffers from high levels of political polarization; parties associated with former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra have won every election since 2001, based partly on strong support from voters registered in the populous North and Northeast regions. Many of these voters are migrant workers who spend much of their time working in Greater Bangkok, yet remain legal residents of their home provinces. This article argues that Thailand’s political polarization could be reduced if many of these “urbanized villagers” either took up formal residence in the capital city, or were encouraged to share in the creation of new small-scale urban communities in their places of birth.
AB - Thailand currently suffers from high levels of political polarization; parties associated with former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra have won every election since 2001, based partly on strong support from voters registered in the populous North and Northeast regions. Many of these voters are migrant workers who spend much of their time working in Greater Bangkok, yet remain legal residents of their home provinces. This article argues that Thailand’s political polarization could be reduced if many of these “urbanized villagers” either took up formal residence in the capital city, or were encouraged to share in the creation of new small-scale urban communities in their places of birth.
KW - Thailand
KW - polarization
KW - urban
KW - rural
KW - elections
U2 - 10.1080/14672715.2017.1342985
DO - 10.1080/14672715.2017.1342985
M3 - Journal article
VL - 49
SP - 365
EP - 378
JO - Critical Asian Studies
JF - Critical Asian Studies
SN - 1467-2715
IS - 3
ER -
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