Thailand's Movement Party: The Evolution of the Move Forward Party

Laohabut, Thareerat und McCargo, Duncan (2024): Thailand's Movement Party: The Evolution of the Move Forward Party. In: Journal of East Asian Studies, Bd. 24, Nr. 1: S. 25-47

Abstract

The existing literature on the relationship between political parties and social movements draws mainly from European cases, and has rarely captured the kinds of relationships that may exist in other parts of the world. This article addresses the gap by shedding light on the dynamics of party–movement relationships in Thailand. We examine the connections between two Thai political parties and a variety of protest movements. Our analysis dem- onstrates that Thailand’s Move Forward Party and its predecessor the Future Forward Party can be classified as movement parties, but that they operated differently. While Future Forward was a clandestine movement party, concealing its origins in grassroots activism, Move Forward later revealed its activist roots and underwent a transformation from a clandestine to a fully fledged movement party. This change was triggered by two emerging conditions: the rise of student-led mass movements and collective demands for radical change that had been ignored by other political parties.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• EU Funded Grant Agreement Number: 101001458
• EU-Projekte: Horizon 2020 > ERC Grants > ERC Consolidator Grant > ERC Grant 101001458: CIVILSPACE - The Shrinking Space for Civil Society in Europe
• Keywords: political parties; movement parties; social movements; Move Forward Party; Thailand
• Fakultät: Sozialwissenschaften > Geschwister-Scholl-Institut für Politikwissenschaft (GSI)
• Themengebiete: 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 320 Politik
• ISSN: 1598-2408
• Sprache: Englisch