Disruptors’ dilemma? Thailand’s 2020 Gen Z protests
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Disruptors’ dilemma? Thailand’s 2020 Gen Z protests. / McCargo, Duncan.
I: Critical Asian Studies, Bind 53, Nr. 2, 02.03.2021, s. 175-191.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Disruptors’ dilemma?
T2 - Thailand’s 2020 Gen Z protests
AU - McCargo, Duncan
PY - 2021/3/2
Y1 - 2021/3/2
N2 - This article offers a preliminary analysis of the hundreds of youth-inspired mass protests staged in Thailand during 2020. It argues that while calling for reforms and flirting with revolutionary rhetoric, the protestors lacked a clear programmatic agenda and were primarily engaged in disrupting dominant narratives about the country’s politics, especially in relation to the previously taboo question of the political role of the monarchy. Despite the ad hoc and sometimes incoherent nature of the protests, the students mounted a dramatic challenge to Thailand’s ruling elite. Ultimately, the conflict exemplified a generational divide: people from Generation Z, aged under 25, have radically different understandings of power, deference and legitimacy from older population groups. Whatever happens to the protest movement in the short term, the demonstrators have made a decisive break with the old social consensus that existed during the long reign of the late King Bhumibol (1946–2016).
AB - This article offers a preliminary analysis of the hundreds of youth-inspired mass protests staged in Thailand during 2020. It argues that while calling for reforms and flirting with revolutionary rhetoric, the protestors lacked a clear programmatic agenda and were primarily engaged in disrupting dominant narratives about the country’s politics, especially in relation to the previously taboo question of the political role of the monarchy. Despite the ad hoc and sometimes incoherent nature of the protests, the students mounted a dramatic challenge to Thailand’s ruling elite. Ultimately, the conflict exemplified a generational divide: people from Generation Z, aged under 25, have radically different understandings of power, deference and legitimacy from older population groups. Whatever happens to the protest movement in the short term, the demonstrators have made a decisive break with the old social consensus that existed during the long reign of the late King Bhumibol (1946–2016).
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - protests
KW - generation z
KW - students
KW - monarchy
KW - Thailand
U2 - 10.1080/14672715.2021.1876522
DO - 10.1080/14672715.2021.1876522
M3 - Journal article
VL - 53
SP - 175
EP - 191
JO - Critical Asian Studies
JF - Critical Asian Studies
SN - 1467-2715
IS - 2
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