Elite-Constructed Constitutions

• 作者: Natdanai Nachan
• 来源期刊: 文化与宗教研究:英文版
• 学科: 数学
• 关键词: CONSTITUTION-MAKING ELITE Elite-constructed constitution Thailand
• 年，卷（期）: whyzjyjywb_2020,（11）
• 页码范围: 603-617
• 页数: 15页
• 分类号: O17

摘要

This article will illustrate the constitution as a result of bargaining and negotiation among the elites to allocatepower and mitigate tension among them. Combining the elite’s concept and its nature of a continuous struggle forpower with the approach that investigates the constitution as a contract among the powerful ruling class, this articlewill reveal how power is allocated among the elites. As a result, this article provides a fundamental notion of theapproach called “elite-constructed constitution”. This approach delivers the instrument to investigate theconstitutional making process as a negotiation mechanism among the elites, which reflects into constitutionalprovision. Therefore, because this type of constitution has been constructed under the contract’s notion,constitutional endurance is unexpected because this type of constitution requires a high level of trust among thecontract parties. This is in contrast to the notion of the elite’s continuous struggle.