DOCSLIB.ORG

Men in Politics: Revisiting Patterns of Gendered Parliamentary

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Men in Politics: Revisiting Patterns of Gendered Parliamentary Men in Politics Men in Politics Revisiting Patterns of Gendered Parliamentary Representation in Thailand and Beyond Elin Bjarnegård Dissertation presented at Uppsala University to be publicly examined in Brusewitzsalen, Department of Government, Gamla Torget 6, Uppsala, Friday, January 15, 2010 at 13:15 for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. The examination will be conducted in English. Abstract Bjarnegård, E. Men in Politics. Revisiting Patterns of Gendered Parliamentary Representation in Thailand and Beyond. Statsvetenskapliga institutionen. 260pp. Uppsala. ISBN 978-91-506-2118-1. Male parliamentary dominance, rather than the corresponding female parliamentary underrep- resentation, is the object of study in this thesis. This shift in focus implies a gendered analysis centered on men and men’s practices. The thesis contributes to our understanding of how male dominance is maintained and reinvented by empirically studying male parliamentary dominance in clientelist settings. Worldwide trends of parliamentary representation are ana- lyzed statistically and constitute the starting-point for a case study of male political networks in Thailand. Clientelism is a strategy used by political actors to increase predictability in politically unpredictable settings. The thesis shows that clientelism is an informal political practice that requires the building and maintenance of large and localized networks to help distribute ser- vices, goods and/or money in exchange for political support. Where political parties also use candidate selection procedures that are informal, exclusive and localized, there are ample openings for clientelist practices to translate into political power and ultimately parliamentary seats. This study also coins and develops a new concept: homosocial capital. It shows that clien- telist networks are and continue to be male dominated because homosocial capital, a political capital accessible only to men, is needed for electoral success. Homosocial capital has two main components: a perceived pragmatic necessity to build linkages to those with access to important resources in society and a more psychological desire to cooperate with individuals whose behavior can be understood, predicted and trusted. Keywords: clientelism; political parties; representation; candidate selection; Thailand; gender; masculinities; democratization; social capital; homosociality; homosocial capital Elin Bjarnegård, Department of Government, Box 514, Uppsala University, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden Centre for Gender Research, Box 634, Uppsala University, SE-751 26 Uppsala, Sweden © Elin Bjarnegård ISBN 978-91-506-2118-1 urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-110638 (http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-110638) Omslagsfoto: Fotograf Eva Jakobsson, www.fotografeva.com Printed in Sweden by Edita Västra Aros, Västerås 2009. Acknowledgements The end of dissertation-writing is sometimes described as a watershed after which life will take a new, and better, course. I do not subscribe to that de- scription. I have, for the most part, had a great time writing this dissertation and I hope I will continue having a great time at work even now that it is fin- ished. Many people have contributed to making this journey such an enjoyable one, both by making my time as a Ph.D. Candidate pleasant, challenging and inspiring and by contributing to a fun, manageable and meaningful private life. My excellent team of supervisors, consisting of Maria Heimer, Axel Ha- denius, Erik Melander, and Martha Blomqvist, has stood by me throughout this journey, trusting me enough to give me ample freedom in planning my work and designing my study, but always eager to give good advice. An un- commonly large group of supervisors, you have each had distinct roles and areas of competence and our meetings have led to inspiring discussions. Maria, from the very start, when you were the supervisor of the new class of graduate students, you managed to ask the important and difficult questions when I needed to tackle them and to give me encouragement and support when that was more needed. You have continued to do so at the exact right moments throughout this research process and this is truly an invaluable abil- ity in a supervisor! Axel, you have been a source of inspiration ever since I worked as your research assistant and I can trace many of my research inter- ests back to you. With your broad knowledge of the field, you have contrib- uted with the greater perspective, motivating me to better situate my findings, and you have been able to identify and introduce me to other important re- searchers. Erik, you have walked with me on the sometimes winding path of statistical analysis, and I appreciate that your suggestions on suitable ways forward have been, at the same time, demanding and pragmatic. Your experi- ence of quantitative methods and of combining them with gendered ap- proaches and with qualitative research has been an important asset, as has your everlasting belief in me and my research project. Martha, your experience from gender studies and more sociologically oriented organizational studies has made me feel more secure when venturing into and being inspired by these fields. I really appreciate your careful readings of the many different versions of my manuscript as well as your constant support. But my working environment has been larger than my group of supervisors. The Department of Government is a great place for Ph. D studies, where doc- v toral students are treated like colleagues from the first day. Thus, thank you to all my colleagues for making work such a nice place to go to! My closest colleagues and friends at the Department have, without a doubt, been the wonderful people in the cohort of graduate students starting in 2003: Gelu Calacean, Josefina Erikson, Björn Lindberg and Pär Zetterberg. Lightyears from internal competitiveness, this group is overflowing with loy- alty, understanding and goodwill. Thank you for all the fun times and stimulat- ing discussions! I have worked particularly closely with Pär, and I still get kicks out of your enthusiasm for research! You have provided useful com- ments on the draft of the manuscript as well as interesting reflections on the research process more generally. I hope we will be able to realize our convic- tion that it is more fun and fruitful to conduct research in a team! I wish to extend a special thank you to Hans Blomkvist for planting the idea of doctoral studies in my head. I also wish to thank people who have partici- pated in the different seminars at the Department for constructive comments on various drafts of parts of this dissertation – in particular, Sverker Gustavs- son, Magnus Öhman, Per Adman, Sten Widmalm, Christina Bergqvist, Drude Dahlerup, Li Bennich-Björkman, Jan Teorell, Lena Wägnerud, and Torsten Svensson. I am fortunate enough to have yet another nice and inspiring work place in Uppsala through my affiliation with the Centre for Gender Studies. It is an exciting place where I have benefitted from different perspectives being shared and discussed. Special thanks go to Staffan Bergwik and Kristina Eriksson for useful comments and to Henrik Berg, Anneli Häyrén and Anna Danielsson for nice social gatherings. Thank you to photographer Eva Jacobsson for the picture on the cover of this book and Karen Williams for an excellent job proofreading the text. I have spent a great amount of time outside Sweden – doing field work in Thailand, taking courses and being a visiting scholar in the United States, and attending various conferences in different parts of the world. For the grants, scholarships and funding that made this possible I want to thank Sida-SAREC, SSAAPS, STINT, GADNET, the Borbos Erik Hansson Foundation, and the Siamon Foundation. In Thailand, I am greatly indebted to the large number of people who agreed to talk to me and who serve as informants and respondents in this study. I have learned so much from you, in so many ways! At Chulalongkorn University, I particularly want to thank Chantana Banpasirichote and Pasuk Phongpaichit for welcoming me and helping me. My contact persons Pokkrong Soontharasudth at the ECT, Pimuk Simaroj in the then Thai Rak Thai party and Pussadee Tamthai in the Democrat party made many of the interviews possible. Last, but certainly not least, my most heartfelt thanks to Pui, Patima Kalumpakorn. I don’t know what I would have done without you! Not only are you an excellent interpreter with a keen ear and cultural sensitiv- ity to all my faux pas with whom it has been wonderfully easy to work and vi travel. You have also become a dear friend who has, more than anyone, taught me about everyday life in Thailand. I spent an inspiring semester at the New School in New York City. I am particularly grateful to Mala Htun for inviting me and making the research visit possible and for giving excellent advice on the manuscript of the thesis. I also received useful feedback from the participants of the working group on gender and politics. Thank you to Vicky Hattam for arranging an office space and for giving career advice. In the United States I am also grateful to Pippa Norris, Joyce Gelb and Eileen McDonagh for your support and for giving constructive comments on different texts at various points of time. Completing this research project has taken up a great deal of time, but ac- tivities outside of work and the company of my wonderful family and friends are, to me, simply irresistible and will, inevitably, entice me away from the computer at the end of the day. Theater projects, choir rehearsals and book circle meetings have helped me recharge my batteries. Friends like Kerstin, Emilie, Lott, Anders, Karin and Dag are difficult to come by, fun to be with and good to talk to. Thank you for brightening up life! My family is important to me in more than one way.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Frequently Asked Questions
    FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS About the Sex Industry in Thailand Is prostitution legal in Thailand? Prostitution is NOT legal in Thailand. However, due to the billions of dollars it feeds into the country’s tourism industry, prostitution is being considered for legalization. Where do women in prostitution in Thailand come from? The majority of Thai women migrating to Bangkok to work in prostitution are from rice farming areas in Northeast Thailand. The majority of women we see being trafficked into Thailand from other countries are coming from Eastern Europe, Africa, and South America. How old are most of the women? The age range of Thai women working in the bars is between 17 and 50 years old. The average age is around 27. Although the legal age to work in a bar is 18, many girls start at 17. Younger women also work on the streets or in other venues. What factors push Thai women to enter the sex industry? A number of factors may push a woman in Thailand to enter the sex industry. ● Culture: In Thailand, a son’s duty is to “make merit” for his parents’ next life by serving time as a monk. By contrast, once a daughter is “of age,” she is culturally obligated to care for her parents. When a young woman’s marriage dissolves—usually due to adultery, alcohol, and domestic violence—there is no longer enough support by the husband for a woman to support her parents or her own children. As a result, when the opportunity to work in the city arises, she is often relieved to be able to meet her financial obligations through that work, no matter the sacrifice.
    [Show full text]
  • The Government of Thailand's National Review
    1 The Government of Thailand’s National Review Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (2000) in the context of the twentieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 2015 October 2014 2 Section One: Overview analysis of achievements and challenges since 1995 Thailand as a member of the global community has ratified numbers of international agreements on women and the promotion of gender equality, such as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), and endorsed Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BFPA) and the Millennium Development Goal (MDGs). These 3 agreements are definite, related, and corresponding to Thailand’s policies. The Thai government has attached great importance to the social equality and to mainstream gender perspectives in the national policy, giving priority to the promotion of gender equality, women’s role in politics and administration at all level, and the respect for human dignity. Major achievements in promoting gender equality and empowering women in Thailand since the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995 can be identified as follows: National policy on gender equality and women empowerment Over the past few decades Thailand has implemented a total of nine short and long term women’s development plans. Thailand has developed long-term (20-year) and, on a regular basis, short-term (5-year) Women’s Development Plans , the national policy and guidelines on gender equality and the empowerment of women, as part of, and a key to integrate women and gender from the global, regional and national commitments into the mainstream of the National Economic and Social Development Plans.
    [Show full text]
  • Women in the Workforce an Unmet Potential in Asia and the Pacific
    WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE AN UNMET POTENTIAL IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE AN UNMET POTENTIAL IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO license (CC BY 3.0 IGO) © 2015 Asian Development Bank 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City, 1550 Metro Manila, Philippines Tel +63 2 632 4444; Fax +63 2 636 2444 www.adb.org; openaccess.adb.org Some rights reserved. Published in 2015. Printed in the Philippines. ISBN 978-92-9254-913-8 (Print), 978-92-9254-914-5 (e-ISBN) Publication Stock No. RPT157205-2 Cataloging-In-Publication Data Asian Development Bank Women in the workforce: An unmet potential in Asia and the Pacific. Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2015. 1. Economics of gender. 2. Female labor force participation. I. Asian Development Bank. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. The mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by ADB in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. By making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area, or by using the term “country” in this document, ADB does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.
    [Show full text]
  • Migration, Trafficking & Exploitation of Women In
    NO STATUS: MIGRATION, TRAFFICKING & EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN IN THAILAND Health and HIV/AIDS Risks for Burmese and Hill Tribe Women and Girls A Report by Physicians for Human Rights © Physicians for Human Rights, Boston, MA June 2004 Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved Report Design: Visual Communications/www.vizcom.org Cover Photo: Paula Bronstein/Liaison CONTENTS Acknowledgments .......................................................................v Glossary ....................................................................................vii I. Executive Summary ...........................................................1 II. Introduction.......................................................................7 III. Thailand Background......................................................11 IV. Burma Background..........................................................19 V. Project Methodology .......................................................25 VI. Findings...........................................................................27 Hill Tribe Women and Girls in Thailand..........................28 Burmese Migrant Women and Girls in Thailand..............33 VII. Law and Policy – Thailand..............................................45 VIII. Applicable International Human Rights Law ..................51 IX. Law and Policy – United States .......................................55 X. Conclusion and Expanded Recommendations .................59 iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This report was written by Karen Leiter, JD,
    [Show full text]
  • I INSOMNIA and SOCIAL SUPPORT AMONG THAI WOMEN WHO HAVE
    INSOMNIA AND SOCIAL SUPPORT AMONG THAI WOMEN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE A dissertation submitted to Kent State University College of Nursing in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy By: Muntaha M. Alibrahim July 2018 i Dissertation written by Muntaha Alibrahim BSN, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 2002 M.S.N, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 2005 Ph.D., Kent State University, 2018 Approved by _______________________________, Chair, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Patricia Vermeersch _______________________________, Co-Chair, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Ya-Fen Wang _______________________________, Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Ratchneewan Ross ______________________________, Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Marlene Huff _____________________________, Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Donna Bernert Accepted by _______________________________, Director, Joint Ph.D. in Nursing Program Patricia Vermeersch ______________________________, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs Wendy Umberger ii ALIBRAHIM, MUNTAHA, Ph.D., August 2018 Nursing INSOMNIA AND SOCIAL SUPPORT AMONG THAI WOMEN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE (131 pp.) Director of Dissertation: Patricia Vermeersch Yafen Wang Insomnia is the most common of all sleep problems. Long-term insomnia affects an individual’s overall quality of life. Insomnia can arise from physiological, psychological, or environmental factors. Exposure to stressors such as Intimate Partner
    [Show full text]
  • Increased Efforts by Modern States to Improve Their Reputations for Enforcing Women’S Human Rights
    International Journal of Communication 10(2016), 2481–2500 1932–8036/20160005 Increased Efforts by Modern States to Improve Their Reputations for Enforcing Women’s Human Rights KARA ALAIMO1 Hofstra University, USA This study suggests that, since the year 2000, governments have been making greater claims and efforts to enforce women’s human rights. However, their motivations appear to be to improve their reputations in the international community rather than to protect women. The findings indicate that states are submitting reports to the United Nations on their progress eliminating discrimination against women on a timelier basis. Case studies of Eritrea, Thailand, and Yemen find that they report greater efforts to combat human trafficking—which spills across national borders and is thus visible to the international community—than to combat violence against women, a crime that is heinous and pervasive but often happens behind closed doors. This suggests that the nations’ motivations are largely reputational. Keywords: state reputations, women’s human rights, United Nations, violence against women, human trafficking This study finds that, since the year 2000, governments have been making increased claims and efforts to enforce women’s human rights; however, the primary motivations behind their heightened efforts appear to be to enhance their reputations rather than to actually protect women. States today depend heavily on international cooperation in order to achieve their domestic goals, ranging from national security to economic growth. Therefore, one of the most dangerous things that can happen to a country is to be branded as a pariah and cut off from the benefits of international cooperation.
    [Show full text]
  • A Case Study of Empowering Women in Politics Sirirat Tamrongterakul1
    การประชุมนาเสนอผลงานวิจัย ระดับบัณฑิตศึกษา ครั้งที่ ๑๖ ปีการศึกษา ๒๕๖๔ The Feminist movement in Thailand: A case study of empowering women in politics Sirirat Tamrongterakul1 and Witchayanee Ocha2 1Department of International Political Economy and Development, Faculty of Economics, Rangsit University, [email protected] 2The Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies, Rangsit University, [email protected] --------------------------------- ABSTRACT Thailand’s history revealed that women have small space within the political sphere or as decision-making accomplices within the political parties, before and after the democratic bureaucracy since 1932. This paper focuses on the knowledge extracted from the secondary research documents along with focus group discussion to signifying the women’s role in participating directly in politics, to figure out the obstacles and what would be the government’ political initiatives under the constitution towards the empowerment of women in legislative issues, augmented with the proposition to enhance the women’s political enthusiasm and involvement. The results showed that for many reasons, Thai women have a little level of interest in politics and a low participation level in parliament. Finally, this paper proposes some recommendations to the government for future development and strategies to inspire more women's participation in politics. Keywords: Democratic bureaucracy, Government’ political initiatives, Women’s political enthusiasm, Women’s participation in politics 1. Introduction Feminism is a woman center approach to think about human nature through investigation of femininity and masculinity ranging from political movement philosophy and community movement that share overall objectives which are to define progressive political, financial, individual, and social right for women includes pursuing to provide equal choice for women in literacy and occupation.
    [Show full text]
  • HIV/AIDS Problem of Migrants from Burma in Thailand
    Alternative Report The Situation of Migrant Lao Women in Thailand and Their Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS For the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 44th CEDAW Session, 2009 Lao PDR CEDAW Articles: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14 Submitted by International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW Asia Pacific) based on information received from an independent researcher 2009 HIV/AIDS problem of migrants from Laos in Thailand 1. Introduction Seeking for the better of life is the human wants, and migration is one of the choices for the peoples who living in less developing country is to migrate to better developed country and sometimes it becomes worse. Mostly, Lao migrants are in Thailand where is the better place and more understandable about languages, traditions and the feelings but still limited on access heath care service and information related to vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, contagious diseases and other heath problems by their survival struggle in earning “golden dream income”. Mostly, migrants are from rural area perceive their tenuous legal status and many treats that limited to accessing to healthcare services and legal mechanisms, migrants endure poor working and living conditions without being able to receive suitable treatment for related health conditions. “The health status of migrants in Thailand is influenced by the health conditions they confront in Laos. In addition, low GDP, the three source countries have poor health systems that provide only limited treatment and preventative health. There is also an AIDS epidemic in Laos, for migrants that come to Thailand are known to have high prevalence rates of HIV.
    [Show full text]
  • Female Headship, Poverty and Vulnerability in Thailand and Vietnam
    A Service of Leibniz-Informationszentrum econstor Wirtschaft Leibniz Information Centre Make Your Publications Visible. zbw for Economics Klasen, Stephan; Lechtenfeld, Tobias; Povel, Felix Conference Paper What about the Women? Female Headship, Poverty and Vulnerability in Thailand and Vietnam Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Hannover 2010, No. 43 Provided in Cooperation with: Research Committee on Development Economics (AEL), German Economic Association Suggested Citation: Klasen, Stephan; Lechtenfeld, Tobias; Povel, Felix (2010) : What about the Women? Female Headship, Poverty and Vulnerability in Thailand and Vietnam, Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Hannover 2010, No. 43, Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer, Göttingen This Version is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/39987 Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen: Terms of use: Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. personal and scholarly purposes. Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle You are not to copy documents for public or commercial Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich purposes, to exhibit the documents publicly, to make them machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen. publicly available on the internet, or to distribute or otherwise use the documents in public. Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, If the documents have been made available under an Open gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort Content Licence (especially Creative Commons Licences), you genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. may exercise further usage rights as specified in the indicated licence.
    [Show full text]
  • Women's Political Participation in Southeast Asia
    Worrying Flattening Curve: Women’s Political Participation in Southeast Asia Bridget Welsh While the goal of public health officials has been to flatten the curve of Covid-19, another, less positive, flattening has been taking place over the past few years – the political empowerment of women in Southeast Asia. After decades of gains in the numbers of women in national executives and legislatures and among ordinary women participating in politics, a plateau pattern has emerged. In fact, in some countries – accompanying rising authoritarianism and populism tinged with anti-women rhetoric – we see outright backsliding in female political representation and participation. This chapter examines trends in female political participation/inclu- sion in the ten ASEAN countries and Timor-Leste over the last five years, 2015-2020. It builds on and incorporates the discussion of a similar chapter in an earlier publication, updating numbers and pointing to important developments in recent years.1 The problems for female political par- ticipation noted earlier – exclusionary cultural norms, resistant patriarchal political parties and “dirty” politics – have been compounded by narrowing political spaces and less welcoming environments for female participation. Once again, however, there continues to be conflicting trends. While levels of representation and attitudes towards women participating in politics plateau and even in some places decline, data shows the importance of ordinary women in politics and a modest narrowing of gender gaps in the political participation of ordinary citizens. 1 Bridget Welsh, “Promoting Inclusion: Women’s Political Participation in Southeast Asia,” in Women, Policy and Political Leadership, (Singapore: Konrad Adenaur Stiftung, 2014), pp. 9-25.
    [Show full text]
  • Who Is Thaksin Shinawatra?
    THE THAKSINIZATION OF THAILAND Ukrist Pathmanand Duncan McCargo Duncan McCargo and Ukrist Pathmanand For decades, Thailand was economically dynamic, yet politically shambolic. 1997 changed all that: the Asian economic crisis, closely followed by the promulgation of a new liberal constitution in Thailand, paved the way for the political rise of Thaksin Shinawatra, a fabulously wealthy telecommuni- cations magnate often compared with Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi. Although presenting itself as a national, transformative party, at heart Thaksin’s ruling Thai Rak Thai Party was little more than a vehicle for the OF THAILAND THE THAKSINIZATION interests and ambitions of its founder-leader. After winning a landslide election victory in 2001, Prime Minister Thaksin exercised an extraordinary degree of personal dominance over the Thai political scene. He was re- elected in 2005, the first Thai premier to do so. Though toppled by a military coup in 2006, Thaksin continues to exert a powerful influence on Thai poli- tics today, both in terms of his legacy and ongoing political activities. This book – by two leading scholars in the field – is an analysis of Thaksin at the height of his power. It examines Thaksin’s background, his business activities, the emergence of Thai Rak Thai, his relationship with the military, Thaksin’s use of rhetoric through media such as radio, his wider political economy networks, and what this all meant for the future. The result is essential reading for students, academics, journalists, dip- lomats, investors – and anyone else who needs to understand the Thaksin phenomenon in present-day Thailand. Winner of the 2009 Bernard Schwartz Book Award for his Tearing Apart the Land, Duncan McCargo is professor of Southeast East Asian politics at the University of Leeds.
    [Show full text]
  • European-Asian Journal of Law and Governance Vol. 3, No. 2, 2013
    European-Asian Journal of Law and Governance Vol. 3, No. 2, 2013 Editorial Board Henning Glaser Ulrike Müßig Editor in Chief Passau University Thammasat Univeristy Michael Nelson Moritz Bälz CPG, Thammasat University Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main Safri Nugraha Siegfried Broß Universitas Indonesia Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg Worachet Pakeerut Björn Dressel Thammasat University Australian National University Kittisak Prokati Dirk Ehlers Thammasat Univerisity Westfälische-Wilhelms-University Münster Seog-Yun Song Seoul National University Robert Esser Passau University Mark R. Thompson City University of Hong Kong Tom Ginsburg University of Chicago Yueh-Sheng Weng National Taiwan University Chien-Liang Lee National Taiwan University Rainer Wernsmann Passau University Peter Leyland London Metropolitan University Miroslaw Wyrzykowski Warsaw University Duc Quang Ly CPG, Thammasat University Libin Xie China University of Political Science and Law, Bartosz Makowicz Beijing European University Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder Patrick Ziegenhain Trier University Jörg Menzel University of Bonn Submissions The European-Asian Journal of Law and Governance (EAJLG) provides a forum for discussions about public law, governance and politics in order to contribute to the inter- and intra-regional discourse of academics and professionals. Contributions are welcome and accepted for consideration provided they are not submitted elsewhere or previously published. Explorative articles submitted to the European-Asian Journal of Law and Governance will be
    [Show full text]