Building the Good Society in Thailand Resolving transformation conflict through inclusive compromise: Four inclusive compromises are needed to lay the foundations for the Good Society: 1. To lay the political foundation, reassurances in the form of constitutional safeguards are needed. Only a thick democracy can provide the governance infrastructure and political culture necessary to effectively meet the needs of a complex economy and pluralist society. Deepening democracy empowers people to fight the abuse of power enabling ‘corruption’ and to emancipate from the patronage system. 2. To lay the social foundation, a broad democratic coalition in the center is needed which can marginalize the extremes. The middle class in particular must be brought back into the democratic flock. This is why the new social contract needs to be based on an inclusive social compromise which caters to the interests of all classes. 3. To lay the economic foundation, Thailand has to escape the Middle Income Trap by switching to an inclusive and innovation-led development path. Socially just, resilient and green dynamic growth is needed to provide full capabilities for all. 4. To lay the normative foundation, the dominance of the moralist political discourse as a major source of reactionary power must be broken. The Good Society needs to be built upon democratic, pluralist, universalist, contractual and just norms and values. :Marc saxer / Building the Good Society in Thailand
Posted on: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 08:50:56 +0000
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