Conflict, Legitimacy and Government Reform: Equitable Allocation of ...
Conflict, Legitimacy and Government Reform: Equitable Allocation of ...
Conflict, Legitimacy and Government Reform: Equitable Allocation of ...
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<strong>Government</strong> <strong>and</strong> Political <strong>Legitimacy</strong><br />
Political <strong>Legitimacy</strong>, Rules, Mechanisms,<br />
Enforcement <strong>and</strong> Morality<br />
Assoc. Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Niyom Rathamarit<br />
Thammasat University<br />
The fight for power among political<br />
groups based on rules that are not<br />
accepted by some or accepted by all<br />
but disobeyed or broken by some or all<br />
groups causes the defeated groups to refuse to<br />
recognize their opponents’ victories, which<br />
leads to protests, arguments, <strong>and</strong> attempts to<br />
topple the opponents’ power using extra-legal<br />
measures, such as public protest, blocking <strong>of</strong><br />
roads, seizure <strong>of</strong> airports <strong>and</strong> government<br />
buildings. This is happening in Thai society.<br />
This article attempts to search for ways <strong>and</strong><br />
means to solve the problem so that the<br />
country will be peaceful <strong>and</strong> the government,<br />
including various social groups, will be able<br />
to carry on their assigned tasks in a normal<br />
fashion.<br />
In a big society with a large population<br />
<strong>and</strong> a variety <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essions, ethnicities,<br />
languages, cultures, ideologies, economic<br />
statuses, politics <strong>and</strong> interests, it is <strong>of</strong> utmost<br />
necessity that fundamental rules be accepted<br />
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