Political Culture of Thailand: Structural Problems

Abstract

Political culture is one of the key explanations to help understanding Thailand’s undemocratic politics, that's because the political culture reflects the cultivated structure that socializes people’s political orientation and expresses in an undemocratic way. Economic, social, cultural, education and political structures are major contributions to political culture that is inconsistent with democracy, and , at the same time, create an unequal structure that allow a certain small group of people to access to political power. While people are excluded from politics, election has been granted and promoted. Apparently, the right solution is not merely a campaign for election, giving political knowledge or drafting laws to give people greater right and freedom but to solve structural problems entire the system and mechanisms together with involving individuals and solving problems together.