On the Study of Comparative Politics: Concept of Political Development, Democratization, Inequality/ Intersectionality Case Studies of Thailand
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This research aims to apply the concept of political development, democratization, and inequality/ intersectionality for exploring the relationship in political development, democratization, and inequality/ intersectionality by employing the case studies of Thailand and Japan. This research uses a qualitative approach, namely a document research combining with the approach of sociology of knowledge, in order to analyze and compare the economic, social, and political context of the case studies.
The research results show that: Thailand and Japan have a similar regime of governance and political institutions, but Japan has a more stable constitution. Moreover, Thailand and Japan are similar in terms of their early stage of economic development, but historical results of World War 2 caused, Japan to focus on technological development, having a consequence of more advanced economy. In social dimension, Thailand has high inequality due to the high distance of interaction between state and its people. However, Japan has a little inequality because the government considers equality and focuses on providing a coverage public service. This study recommends that the political development is an important process which encourages people’s participation and leads to democracy within the society.
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เพื่อให้เป็นไปตามกฎหมายลิขสิทธิ์ ผู้นิพนธ์ทุกท่านต้องลงลายมือชื่อในแบบฟอร์มใบมอบลิขสิทธิ์บทความ ให้แก่วารสารฯ พร้อมกับบทความต้นฉบับที่ได้แก้ไขครั้งสุดท้าย นอกจากนี้ ผู้นิพนธ์ทุกท่านต้องยืนยันว่าบทความ ต้นฉบับที่ส่งมาตีพิมพ์นั้น ได้ส่งมาตีพิมพ์เฉพาะในวารสาร วิชาการธรรม ทรรศน์ เพียงแห่งเดียวเท่านั้น หากมีการใช้ ภาพหรือตารางของผู้นิพนธ์อื่นที่ปรากฏในสิ่งตีพิมพ์อื่นมาแล้ว ผู้นิพนธ์ต้องขออนุญาตเจ้าของลิขสิทธิ์ก่อน พร้อมทั้ง แสดงหนังสือที่ได้รับการยินยอมต่อบรรณาธิการ ก่อนที่บทความจะได้รับการตีพิมพ์References
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