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Opposing Democracy in the Digital Age is about why ordinary people in a democratizing state oppose democracy and how they leverage both traditional and social media to do so. Aim Sinpeng focuses on the people behind popular, large-scale anti-democratic movements that helped bring down democracy in 2006 and 2014 in Thailand. The yellow shirts (PAD--People's Alliance for Democracy) that are the focus of the book are anti-democratic movements grown out of democratic periods in Thailand, but became the catalyst for the country's democratic breakdown. Why, when, and how supporters of these movements mobilize offline and online to bring down democracy are some of the key questions that Sinpeng answers. While the book primarily uses a qualitative methodological approach, it also uses several quantitative tools to analyze social media data in the later chapters. This is also one of the few studies in the field of regime transition that focuses on anti-democratic mobilization and takes the role of social media seriously.

Democracy --- History --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Social media --- Political aspects --- Khana Kammakān Prachāchon Phư̄a Kānplīanplaēng Prathēt Thai Hai Pen Prachāthippatai Thī Sombūn ʻAn Mī Phramahākasat Song Pen Pramuk --- Phanthamit Phư̄a Prachāthipatai --- Influence. --- Thailand --- Politics and government --- User-generated media --- Communication --- User-generated content --- People's Alliance for Democracy --- PAD (People's Alliance for Democracy) --- Yellow Shirts --- People's Democratic Reform Committee --- PRDC (People's Democratic Reform Committee) --- People's Committee for Absolute Democracy with the King as Head of State --- PCAD (People's Committee for Absolute Democracy with the King as Head of State) --- democracy --- democratic collapse --- democratic breakdown --- social movements --- protests --- yellow shirts --- Phanthamit Phư̄a Prachāthipatai. --- Tʻai-kuo --- Hsien-lo --- Muang-Thai --- Thaimaa --- Prates Thai --- Prades Thai --- Thaïlande --- Kingdom of Thailand --- Prathēt Thai --- Tailand --- Thailandia --- Thajsko --- Royal Thai Government --- Ratcha Anachak Thai --- Koninkryk van Thailand --- تايلاند --- Tāylānd --- Tailandia --- Reino de Tailandia --- Tayilande --- Royômo de Tayilande --- Tayland Krallığı --- Pratet Tai --- Thài-kok --- Тайланд --- Каралеўства Тайланд --- Karaleŭstva Taĭland --- Tailandya --- Tajland --- Kraljevina Tajland --- Кралство Тайланд --- Kralstvo Taĭland --- Siam