泰国民主政治运转中的困境及其原因研究

民主政治的良性运转需要以一定程度的经济平等、宪法的权威地位、良性的政党体系以及健康的民主政治文化为基本条件,缺乏这四项基本条件的民主制度常常难以发挥其预期作用,并取得其预期效果.泰国的民主政治就是这样一个案例.泰国自1932年建立君主立宪制以来,从政治结构上讲,泰国已经具备了民主政治的基本形式,但其在政治发展历程中却不断出现动荡和混乱,原因就在于缺乏此四项基本条件,即经济发展两极分化造成选举困境,以宪法为核心的权威结构尚待巩固,政党及政党制度的畸形发展以及缺乏健康的民主政治文化.因此,泰国的当务之急即是创造这四项基本条件,使其民主政治制度始终在正常的循环轨道上运转.

The Dilemma of Thailand's Democracy and Its Causes

Economic equality, authoritative status of constitution, healthy political party system and good political culture are the basic premise of democracy. Democracy without these four factors, can hardly reach the expected outcome. Democracy in Thailand is just such a case. Since Thailand established constitutional monarchy in 1932, Thailand has gotten the basic political structures of democracy. However, without these four factors, Thailand's politics is always accompanied by chaos and unrest. The specific reasons are as follows: firstly, bipolar economic development causes election's dilemma; secondly, the constitution is not powerful enough; thirdly, both political party and political party system are unstable; fourthly, Thailand lacks of appropriate political culture. Hence, Thailand has to cultivate these four factors as soon as possible in order to make its democracy work well.