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Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.

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The dark side of civil society? How Thailand’s civic networks foster autocracy

  • Dr Janjira Sombatpoonsiri,

Royalist civil society networks operate as repressive forces which reduce democratic space.

Look right: The conservative elites opposing Thailand’s protesters

  • Emeritus Professor Kevin Hewison,

Right-wing royalists and a bureaucratic and ideological system have for decades lauded the monarchy and rejected criticism as “un-Thai”.