Constitutional Engineering: Studying Promotions and Revocations of Religious Freedom in Thailand
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Thailand has promulgated twenty constitutions and experienced more coups—eleven successful coups and seven attempted coups—than any other country since its conversion to a parliamentary monarchy in 1932. Does this pattern of coup transitions suggest that constitutional efficacy is weak in Thailand, or have constitutions been written and rewritten with the goal of directing policy? This thesis aims to answer this question through studying promotions and revocations of religious freedom in Thai constitutions. Through analyzing Thailand’s twenty constitutions and studying other observable indicators such as change in GDP and geo-strategic threats, this paper finds that there is no political logic behind promotions and revocations of religious freedom in Thai constitutions, thereby suggesting that constitutional provisions have little or no effect on policy towards religious freedom.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Date created | June 5, 2017 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Lee, Karen |
|---|---|
| Primary advisor | Laitin, David |
| Degree granting institution | Stanford University, Program in International Relations |
Subjects
| Subject | international relations |
|---|---|
| Subject | Thailand |
| Subject | constitutions |
| Subject | ethnic conflict |
| Subject | religious freedom |
| Subject | honors thesis |
| Subject | Stanford University |
| Genre | Thesis |
Bibliographic information
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- User agrees that, where applicable, content will not be used to identify or to otherwise infringe the privacy or confidentiality rights of individuals. Content distributed via the Stanford Digital Repository may be subject to additional license and use restrictions applied by the depositor.
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
Preferred citation
- Preferred Citation
- Lee, Karen. (2017). Constitutional Engineering: Studying Promotions and Revocations of Religious Freedom in Thailand. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/hm031gc4228
Collection
Stanford University, Program in International Relations, Honors Theses
View other items in this collection in SearchWorksContact information
- Contact
- kslee17@stanford.edu
Also listed in
Loading usage metrics...