Conflict, Legitimacy and Government Reform: Equitable Allocation of ...
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Citizen Politics in Checking <strong>of</strong> the State Power for <strong>Equitable</strong> <strong>Allocation</strong> <strong>of</strong> Resources<br />
Civil Politics: Institutional aspect, after<br />
the Promulgation <strong>of</strong> 2550 Constitution<br />
Prapas Pintoptaeng<br />
The purpose <strong>of</strong> this article is to follow<br />
up <strong>and</strong> assess the effects <strong>of</strong> the<br />
p r o m u l g a t i o n o f t h e 2 0 0 7<br />
constitution in terms <strong>of</strong> civil politics. What<br />
progress has been made, <strong>and</strong> are there<br />
enough established institutions, mechanisms,<br />
processes, <strong>and</strong> space for civil politics to<br />
enable it to successfully push for issuing<br />
public policy <strong>and</strong> monitor performance <strong>of</strong><br />
the state.<br />
During the last two or three decades,<br />
the problem <strong>of</strong> inadequate representative<br />
democracy in Thai society has brought about<br />
an expansion <strong>and</strong> enhancement <strong>of</strong> civil<br />
politics under the slogan “decrease the state’s<br />
power, increase the power <strong>of</strong> the people”.<br />
This is an essential aim <strong>of</strong> both the 1997 <strong>and</strong><br />
t h e 2 0 0 7 c o n s t i t u t i o n s . T h e 2 0 0 7<br />
c o n s t i t u t i o n d e s i g n e d m e a s u r e s f o r<br />
institutionalization <strong>of</strong> civil politics in many<br />
provisions <strong>and</strong> articles. For example,<br />
c o n c e r n i n g t h e p r o c e s s o f p e o p l e ’s<br />
p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n p u b l i c p o l i c y, t h e<br />
constitution establishes a mechanism to<br />
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