00000ctm a22000003a 4500 UP-8027390931312570325 Buklod 20240709072543.0 o--- | || || ta 240709s2024 xx d r |||| u| (iLib)UPCEB-00013107971 UPCL eng LG 993 2024 P6 P87 Puracan, Gelyn S. author. (Dis)connected democracies a comparative analysis of local youth activitism in Thailand and the Philippines Gelyn S. Puracan, Sandrine Chelsea Averyl N. Marinas; Noe John E. Sacramento, adviser. Cebu City College of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines Cebu 2024. xiv, 191 leaves illustrations Thesis (Bachelor of Arts in Political Science) -- University of the Philippines Cebu, March 2024. Includes bibliographical references and appendices. Available only to those bound by confidentiality agreement. Available only after consultation with the author(s)/thesis adviser. Although democracy has grown stronger in Southeast Asia in the twenty-first century, the majority of the countries in the region have shown notable authoritarian resiliency?a general democratic deterioration. Hence, this study has critically analyzed the state of democracy in Thailand and the Philippines through the lens of local youth offline activism. Specifically, this aimed to (a) identify the current state of democracy and local youth offline activism in Thailand and the Philippines focusing on pro-democratic student activism for students' rights and freedom of expression, (b) critically analyze how Thailand and the Philippines? state of democracy relate to their local youth offline activism through the lens of pro-democratic student activism for students' rights and freedom of expression, and (c) comparatively analyze local youth offline activism (and the democratic threats) in both Thailand and Philippine democracies. This paper has utilized a qualitative comparative case study design with secondary information from online databases and Key Informant Interview (KII) to answer the research questions. The findings showed that Thailand and the Philippines have considerable similarities and differences in various aspects of their local youth offline activism. Both countries experienced democratic backsliding characterized by democratic threats while they differ in terms of the influence of their state of democracy to the state of local youth offline activism; in Thailand there is an evident decline in their local youth offline activism, contrary to that, the undemocratic practices in the Philippines cultivates a feeling of immediacy and motivates active participation among young activists driving them to tackle and solve these societal problems. Sacramento, Noe John E. thesis adviser. Marinas, Sandrine Chelsea Averyl N. author. UP UPCEB CEBU-LAHUG LG 993 2024 P6 P87 Thesis