Opposing democracy in the digital age : the Yellow Shirts in Thailand / Aim Sinpeng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sinpeng, Aim, author.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Series:

Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies series

Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Phanthamit Phư̄a Prachāthipatai.

Democracy--Thailand.

Democracy.

Thailand--Politics and government--21st century.

Thailand.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 244 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2021.

Summary:

Opposing Democracy in the Digital Age is about why ordinary people in a democratizing state oppose democracy and how they leverage both traditional and social media to do so. Aim Sinpeng focuses on the people behind popular, large-scale anti-democratic movements that helped bring down democracy in 2006 and 2014 in Thailand. The yellow shirts (PAD--People's Alliance for Democracy) that are the focus of the book are anti-democratic movements grown out of democratic periods in Thailand, but became the catalyst for the country's democratic breakdown. Why, when, and how supporters of these movements mobilize offline and online to bring down democracy are some of the key questions that Sinpeng answers. While the book primarily uses a qualitative methodological approach, it also uses several quantitative tools to analyze social media data in the later chapters. This is also one of the few studies in the field of regime transition that focuses on anti-democratic mobilization and takes the role of social media seriously.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-244) and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472128563

0472128566

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access