Recentralising while decentralising : centre-local relations and "CEO" governors in Thailand
By: MUTEBI, Alex M
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ArticlePublisher: Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, June 2004The Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration 26, 1, p. 33-54Abstract: The period since te mind 1990s has coincided with endogenous movement in Thailand to renegotiate centre-local relations ostensibily in favour of increased decentralisation. This article addresses this movement and considers the so-called "CEO" governors introduced by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 2003. It argues that Thailand´s decentralisation reforms ironically have created new opportunities for national politicians to renegotiate centre-local relations in favour of a more recentralised system.
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The period since te mind 1990s has coincided with endogenous movement in Thailand to renegotiate centre-local relations ostensibily in favour of increased decentralisation. This article addresses this movement and considers the so-called "CEO" governors introduced by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 2003. It argues that Thailand´s decentralisation reforms ironically have created new opportunities for national politicians to renegotiate centre-local relations in favour of a more recentralised system.
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