Demokrati i Thailand : En studie om Thailands möjlighet till en konsoliderad demokrati

Sammanfattning: This essay aims to examine and analyze how the political situation in Thailand looks like and what conditions Thailand has to become a consolidated democracy. This is achieved via a theoretical case study where Linz and Stepans five arenas of consolidated democracy is the center. This theory has been applied to the current political situation in Thailand to get to a conclusion on what the democratic situation actually looks like. In the end this essay comes to the conclusion that the democratic future of Thailand looks really dark and that the conditions for a possible consolidated democracy in the near future are really bad. The main reason for this dark democratic future is the current government and there unwillingnes to adept to a democratic system.