Democracy Vs Non-Western Democracy

Not only is democracy often presumed to be a peculiarly Western cultural product, it is also presumed that the cultural connections are directly related to a “classical world”, which is itself construed as inherently “Western”, thereby excluding possible non-Western connections. This labeling, thus, constructs an idea that the “West” is the sole historical purveyor of domestic norms. It means that democracy is viewed to carry out the interest as well as the identity of Western countries and, therefore, its universality idea is disregarded. Democracy is being placed in a universalist form by the West and, therefore, assumed¬¬ to be less culturally neutral by the non-Western. Beyond this, the institutions and outcomes reflect a certain ethic

Based on Democracy Barometer – a project combines the efforts of researchers from the University of Zurich and the Social Science Research Center Berlin that was developed within the framework of the NCCR (National Centre of Competence in Research) Democracy and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation ¬¬– democracy rests on freedom, equality, and control. One can assume these are the normative features of general democracy. The starting point is the premise that democratic system attempts to establish a good balance between the normative, interdependent values of freedom and equality and it requires control for all normative principles to be harmonically

It can be seen from the form or physical features as Western democracy proposes. Thailand has been holding 26 regular elections since the country ended its absolute monarchy in 1932. There is a multi-party system in Thailand that has been continuing to evolve since the late 1980s. Another important thing is that the country also adopts trias politica as there are separated legislative, executive, and judicial with its own responsibilities and powers under the King as the Head of the State. Therefore, Thailand indeed has a functioning democracy, although it is not a pure and a perfect form of democracy since the King’s presence still exists significantly in the country. The Democracy Index 2014 ¬– an index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit – categorizes Thailand as a hybrid regime for its mixture of democracy’s features and the reigning