Government of Thailand Introduction The cour

There have been a number of empires, and civilizations in the Thai region beginning with the Funan Empire which flourished from approximately the first to sixth centuries A.D. This Empire was fundamentally Indian and extended far beyond the territory of modern Thailand. Following that, the Mon people established the independent kingdom of Dvaravati, separate from the Funan Empire. This, in its turn, became part of the Khmer Empire during the 11th century (Girling, 1981).

The Thai people themselves did not enter Thailand until after this time. Essentially, they were a minority population from southwest China which continued to move southward into the Khmer Empire. They overcame these Khmers (or Cambodians during the 14th century, establishing a Tha

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atic course of action. Yet the path of democracy in Thailand has certainly been erratic, with many fits and starts. Even when the country has seemed to be relatively stable, this has proved to be shortlived. For example, LePoer (1989) noted in her country study of Thailand that the stability of the system during the 1980s might be the political watershed in Thai history. It seemed as though the Constitution of 1978 was working well and that both the leaders and the Thai people were committed to making this democracy/monarchy succeed. The Constitution of 1978 provided for a Britishstyle cabinet form of government, with King Bhumibol Adulyadej the constitutional monarch. The prime minister was Prem Tinsulanonda, who had come into power not through election but through consensus on the part of political leaders. Coups were attempted against Prem in both 1981 1985, and while these failed they did alter the course of the government (LePoer, 1989). Current Structure Nonetheless, the course of Thai democracy remained wedded to the coup and constitutional change. The latest of the constitutions is the 1991 constitution which was enacted on December 9, 1991 by the national Peacekeeping Council of the latest coup group. It
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