Democracy and Deliberation: A Case Study of Deliberation on the 2017 Constitution Drafting Process

ผู้แต่ง

  • Ngamsuk Ruttanasatain Lecturer, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand. E-mail: ngamsuk.rut@mahidol.ac.th
  • Bordin Saisaeng Researcher, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand. E-mail: bordin.sai@mahidol.ac.th

คำสำคัญ:

Deliberative Democracy, Thai Democracy, Constitution, Deliberation, Issue Book

บทคัดย่อ

This research focuses on studying concepts and formats of deliberative democracy in various aspects, particularly in terms of processes that would be suitable for developing a culture of deep listening and results-based deliberation. In conducting this research, both qualitative and participatory methodologies were employed to experiment with the usefulness of deliberative dialogue in clarifying specific conflicted issues from the draft constitution. The findings of this research are as follows: 1) in the contextual aspect regarding problems of Thai democracy, it was found that a constitution, both in its content and drafting process, as well as political power relations, reflects the issues of democratic values and protracted social conflict in Thailand, and 2) in the process context, it was found that the utilization of an “issue book” is the key instrument in the deliberative dialogue process.

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2025-06-26

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Ruttanasatain, N., & Saisaeng, B. (2025). Democracy and Deliberation: A Case Study of Deliberation on the 2017 Constitution Drafting Process. รัฐศาสตร์พิจาร, 12(23), 120–131. สืบค้น จาก https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/PSC/article/view/276428

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