Coping with COVID-19 in a non-democratic system: Policy lessons from Thailand’s centralised government

P. Boossabong, Pobsook Chamchong
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Policy analysis in Thailand during these turbulent times (COVID-19) is based mainly on expert opinion expressed under a highly centralised and non-democratic political system. However, the government’s claim of scientific rationality shows that political reasons are at play behind the scenes. Moreover, this policy domain does not interact well with the social domain as it is missing the social, contextual and experiential constructions of policy problems and solutions. Scientists are less sensitive to the social mood and fears and are thus unable to cope effectively with the psychological impact of the crisis. The static governmental mechanism also fails to work well with existing organic and flexible governance practices at a local level. This article thus suggests the importance of underscoring the need for efforts to decentralise and re-democratise political systems and suggests the practice of ‘safety participation’ to better articulate and integrate the essential relationships between science, politics and citizens.
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在这些动荡时期(新冠肺炎),泰国的政策分析主要基于在高度集中和非民主的政治制度下表达的专家意见。然而,政府声称的科学理性表明,政治原因在幕后发挥作用。此外,这一政策领域与社会领域的互动不好,因为它缺少政策问题和解决方案的社会、情境和经验结构。科学家对社会情绪和恐惧不太敏感,因此无法有效应对危机的心理影响。静态的政府机制也不能很好地与地方一级现有的有机和灵活的治理做法相配合。因此,本文提出了强调政治制度权力下放和重新民主化的必要性的重要性,并建议采取“安全参与”的做法,以更好地阐明和整合科学、政治和公民之间的基本关系。
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