governments in the past and now they are democratic states.
So we can say they started democratizing from the same background. But they
chose different models while they were transferring power to civilian
government. Brazil chose top-down and Argentina adopted bottom-up model. We
are going to approach the topic from primarily qualitative method. Because,
Brazil and Argentina
governments.
Y : levels of democracy between Brazil and Argentina.
• Spatial & Temporal backgrounds
Spatial background : Brazil and Argentina
Temporal background : 1970s ~ 1980s
< Similarity >
• Same temporal background which faced on the period of the Cold War.
• In early days of ruling, they carry on their developmental plan without people’s objection.
1. Legacy of Colonial Period and Geopolitical Importance
Colonial Legacy and Institutional Structure
The Philippines reformed their institution and system by Spain and the United States during the colonial period. However, the US failed to make an efficient administrative organization.
South Korean institution was highly influenced by Japan and US army military government. => Japan st
The Kingdom of Thailand
Parliamentary democratic system
Constitutional monarchy
Since 2006,
military government
Thailand – Hierarchical Society
Power, Status, Seniority, Education and
MONEY! – Means to Climb the Social Ladder
Therefore, the government has to regain a modicum of performance capacity. To do so, government has to follow three steps. Firstly, the factors that do not work, have never worked, or have outlived their usefulness and their capacity to contribute in national interests, have to be abandoned. Secondly, the acts that do work, making progressive results, improving the organization's ability to perfo