MUTEBI, Alex M <br/><br/>
Recentralising while decentralising :  centre-local relations and "CEO" governors in Thailand 

 - Hong Kong :  University of Hong Kong,  June 2004 
<br/><br/> 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 Thailandīs decentralisation reforms ironically have created new opportunities for national politicians to renegotiate centre-local relations in favour of a more recentralised system.