The Politics in Populism Policy in Thailand B.E. 2544-2557

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study foreign populist policy, to study factor to incurred political populism in B.E. 2544-2557, and to study political in administration populist policy of the government in B.C. 2544-2557. The process is applied qualitative research to study policy from the academic document and in-depth interview form the sample as follows: group 1 is politician including group support and group resist, group 2 is government official, group 3 is an academician. The finding has the populist policy in foreign and in Thailand were similar to emphasized on lower class with the poor promotion policy and different with Thailand is strong and has fiscal discipline more than a foreign country. Furthermore, the factor is occurring Thai political populism B.E. 2544-2557 as follows: changing the power structure of the political system to decrease the role of the military. The announcement of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand B.E. 2540 to creates political stability by developing into a two-party system. Moreover, the economic conditions after the economic crisis in B.E. 2540, using populist policies to solve social inequality, poverty, and infrastructure restoration for people. Indeed, political in the administration of populist policies of the government during the period B.E. 2544-2557 found that each government implemented policies along with seeking benefits, lack of responsibility, until leading to differences in political ideologies. Therefore, Thailand should prepare readiness and create clarity of populist policies in various dimensions. To determines the scope of appropriately and effectively populist policies.