태국의 정치개혁 확산과 내재화의 실패: 1997년 헌법 개정을 중심으로

The purpose of this study is to explore the result of Thailand's 1997 constitutional amendment and its performance process in the post-democratization period, and to analyze the determinant factors and the relationship of core actors for institutional reform in the dimension of political reform. For this research purpose, this study examined the result and amendment process of constitutional amendment in Thailand by each stage, which was classified into institutional introduction, diffusion, and internalization, and analyzed the main factors and actors in each stage. As a research result, Thailand has carried out the 1997 constitutional amendment for the extermination of political corruption and money politics, and for the activation of political participation of civil society and party politics. However, it occurred political confusion in the face of unexpected institutional results in the process of institutional diffusion for political reform. Particularly, Thailand conduced to the failure of political reform and the reverse of democracy, because they upheld the 2006 coup, which destroyed the constitutional order, rather than resolved the problems by election or constitutional procedure. In Conclusion, for all that the purpose and intent of political reform has the rightfulness and legitimacy, Thailand failed the internalization of political reform because the main actors and political mechanism lack in the performance capability of institutional reform in the process of political reform.