02101pab a2200193 454500008004000000100002600040245007500066260000900141300001200150362001200162520146900174650002901643650003701672650002601709773004201735909001001777999001701787952010301804180718b1996   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBowornwathana, Bidhya  aDemocratic reform visions and the reinvention of Thai public officials  c1996  ap.40-48  aJan-Jun  aIn 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  aCivil service - Thailand  aAdministrative reform - Thailand  aAdministrative reform  aAsian Review of Public Administration  a34527  c34527d34527  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 8, Issue no: 1pAR34760r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR