The “Bad Students” Movement and Human Rights in Contemporary Thailand

Authors

  • Otto von Feigenblatt Royal Academy of Economics and Financial Sciences
  • Phillip Pardo Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
  • Malcolm Cooper Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18779/csye.v5i1.428

Abstract

The present paper explores the role of the “Bad Students” Movement in Thailand’s pro-democracy protests. Local issues such as the social studies curriculum, school uniforms, and disciplinary measures in the public school system, are presented by the “Bad Students” Movement as a human rights issue. The discourse used by the Group is deconstructed so as to identify some of the problems posed by the use of the broader human rights language to challenge strongly held mores and norms of the Thai education system.

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Published

2021-06-30

How to Cite

von Feigenblatt, O. ., Pardo, P. ., & Cooper, M. . (2021). The “Bad Students” Movement and Human Rights in Contemporary Thailand. Journal of Social and Economics Science, 5(1), 156–176. https://doi.org/10.18779/csye.v5i1.428

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2021): Journal of Social Science and Economics

Section

Social Science

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