In 1973, the Thai bureaucratic polity was,for the first time, severely shaken by mass uprisings led by students which eventually overthrew the military government. The 1973 revolution symbolizes the beginning of the end for legitimacy of military rule and coup d'etats and marked a major step toward democratic rule. Since then, the transformation process from a bureauratic polity to a democratic polity has begun. The political arena is moving away from "bureaucracy" to "general elections" To