Regime Consolidation Through Deinstitutionalisation: A Case Study of the 2019 Elections in Thailand

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs Pub Date : 2023-07-24 DOI:10.1177/18681034231185941

V. Nethipo, E. Kuhonta, Akanit Horatanakun

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Abstract

Studies of elections held by autocrats often assume that institutions are strengthened in order to increase the leverage of the dictator. Yet, it can also be the case that institutions are purposely weakened when autocrats allow for elections. This is what happened in the 2019 Thai elections. These elections were notable not for advancing “national reform” or democratisation, but for the deinstitutionalisation of the party system. Through three mechanisms – constitutional engineering, electoral manipulation, and legal rulings – Thailand's royalist elites were able to deinstitutionalise the opposition and undermine a fair, democratic process. This paper outlines these mechanisms of deinstitutionalisation that distorted the outcome of the 2019 elections.

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通过去机构化巩固政权:以2019年泰国选举为例

对独裁者举行的选举的研究通常假设制度得到加强是为了增加独裁者的影响力。然而，当独裁者允许选举时，也有可能故意削弱制度。这就是2019年泰国大选中发生的事情。这些选举之所以引人注目，不是因为推进了“国家改革”或民主化，而是因为政党制度的非制度化。通过三种机制——宪法工程、选举操纵和法律裁决——泰国的保皇派精英得以使反对派脱离体制，破坏了公平、民主的进程。本文概述了扭曲2019年选举结果的非制度化机制。

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Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs Social Sciences-Political Science and International Relations

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5.00

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8 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, published by the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies (IAS) in Hamburg, is an internationally refereed journal. The publication focuses on current developments in international relations, politics, economics, society, education, environment and law in Southeast Asia. The topics covered should not only be oriented towards specialists in Southeast Asian affairs, but should also be of relevance to readers with a practical interest in the region. For more than three decades, the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs (formerly Südostasien aktuell) has regularly provided – six times per year and in German - insightful and in-depth analyses of current issues in political, social and economic life; culture; and development in Southeast Asia. It continues to be devoted to the transfer of scholarly insights to a wider audience and is the leading academic journal devoted exclusively to this region. Interested readers can access the abstracts and tables of contents of earlier issues of the journal via the webpage http://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/publikationen/archiv.