01986pab a2200181 454500 180718b1996 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Bowornwathana, Bidhya Democratic reform visions and the reinvention of Thai public officials 1996 p.40-48 Jan-Jun In Thailand, `globalization' has emerged as the catch word. The implication is that Thailand, as well as other countries, has become a borderless state. In order for Thailand to survive and prosper in this increasingly competitive and interdependent world, the country will have to adjust and take full advantage of the major global trends. There seems to be a general agreement these days that democratic governments work better than authoritarian ones. That is, democracy seems to turn out better economic and social outputs. The collapse of autocratic regimes throughout Central and Eastern Europe, the downfall of the USSR, and the market economy approach adopted by former communist countries such as the People's Republic of China, are empirical evidence supporting the increasing global trend towards democratization of one sort or another. The key reform issue in Thailand is therefore, how are we going to reinvent Thai public officials who, since the overthrow of absolute monarchy in 1932 A.D., have monopolized political power? The purpose of this paper is to explain the dynamics and difficulties involved in realizing democratic reform visions in Thailand. The paper is divided into two parts. In the first part, dimensions of democratic reform visions will be explained. The last part of the paper will draw cases from the Thai policy to illustrate the reinvention of Thai public officials in line with democratic reform reform visions. - Reproduced Civil service - Thailand Administrative reform - Thailand Administrative reform Asian Review of Public Administration 34527 34527 34527 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 8, Issue no: 1 AR34760 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR