Thailand's 2023 Election: A Liberal Moment in a Competitive Authoritarian System
This article introduces a Special Issue on Thailand's 2023 election. The articles unravel the factors driving the surprising results of the 14 May poll, which prima facie delivered impressively liberal outcomes, only later to be confounded by a series of conservative moves. Drawing on rich empi...
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| description | This article introduces a Special Issue on Thailand's 2023 election. The articles unravel the factors driving the surprising results of the 14 May poll, which prima facie delivered impressively liberal outcomes, only later to be confounded by a series of conservative moves. Drawing on rich empirical data from fieldwork, interviews, and surveys, the articles uncover important societal and political changes that produced the election results, especially new social cleavages along generational lines, new styles of campaigning, and the relative decline of populist money politics. The papers test new concepts and add to a range of literatures including gender in politics, digital politics, diaspora politics, and authoritarian securitisation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9437bf766c5440dfbb6af40429e55d6e2025-08-20T02:47:22ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs1868-10341868-48822025-08-014410.1177/18681034251355981Thailand's 2023 Election: A Liberal Moment in a Competitive Authoritarian SystemAim Sinpeng0Greg Raymond1 Government and , NSW, Australia Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaThis article introduces a Special Issue on Thailand's 2023 election. The articles unravel the factors driving the surprising results of the 14 May poll, which prima facie delivered impressively liberal outcomes, only later to be confounded by a series of conservative moves. Drawing on rich empirical data from fieldwork, interviews, and surveys, the articles uncover important societal and political changes that produced the election results, especially new social cleavages along generational lines, new styles of campaigning, and the relative decline of populist money politics. The papers test new concepts and add to a range of literatures including gender in politics, digital politics, diaspora politics, and authoritarian securitisation.https://doi.org/10.1177/18681034251355981 |
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