Before rural local government units were established in Thailand, reform debates within the country faced a crucial issue: Candidates at the rural sub-district levels might adopt electioneering methods such as vote buying and the patronage system of the local political and economic elite, the methods that had been used in the national elections. In fact, the results of the 2006 survey in this paper, which followed the introduction of direct elections in rural local government units in 2003, contrast with the result anticipated during the debates on political reform. The preliminary data of the survey shows that the decentralization process and the introduction of the direct election system in the rural areas had some effect in changing the selection process of the local elite in Thailand.
権利
Copyrights 日本貿易振興機構（ジェトロ）アジア経済研究所 / Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO) http://www.ide.go.jp
雑誌名
IDE Discussion Paper
雑誌名(英)
IDE Discussion Paper
巻
411
発行年
2013-03-01
出版者
Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO)
著者版フラグ
publisher
日本十進分類法
318
JEL分類
JEL:I2 - Education
JEL:N4 - Government, War, Law, and Regulation
JEL:N9 - Regional and Urban History
地域/国名
タイ
キーワード(LSH)
Thailand
Local government
Elections
Social strata
Education
Direct election
Social class
Changing local elite selection in Thailand : emergence of new local government presidents after direct elections and their capabilities
本文
(345.4KB)
