Although the formation and development of economic regionalism promoted by Thailand have demonstrated some movement towards a deeper economic integration in ASEAN that had been predicted by the Eurocentric theories, it is evident that Thailand's economic regionalism has not developed in a linear fashion. Indeed, the nation's ambitious commitment as a vigorous supporter of ASEAN economic cooperation has been interrupted by backtracking and delaying commitments to economic regionalism. This inconsistent involvement of Thailand in ASEAN has challenged the rationale of the Eurocentric theories, which claim economic interests as the basis for deepening economic integration. Since their focus on an economically oriented rationale limits the capacity to understand political and other causes (and consequences) of economic regionalism, they could not sufficiently explain the case of Thailand's unsteady progress towards regional consolidation. Particularly, the Eurocentric theories struggle to explain why different administration periods have interpreted economic interests differently and why economic interests have not always been the major cause for pursuing economic regionalism. Given the inadequacy of Eurocentric theories, this article attempts to explore an alternative explanation of Thailand's inconsistent involvement in economic regionalism by focusing on the ASEAN Free-Trade Area. The article applies the domestic coalition approach with a divergent institutional configuration. Instead of an economically oriented rationale, the study suggests that the rationale for deeper economic regionalism with ambitious commitment has hinged upon the liberal-minded coalition of dominant actors, along with the relative centralization of domestic political institutions.

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泰国对东盟的介入不一致：国内联盟向东盟自由贸易区转变

尽管泰国推动的经济区域主义的形成和发展表明了欧洲中心主义理论所预测的东盟经济一体化更深层次的趋势，但很明显泰国的经济区域主义并没有以线性方式发展。事实上，该国作为东盟经济合作的有力支持者的雄心勃勃的承诺已因对经济区域主义的承诺倒退和拖延而中断。泰国对东盟的这种不一致的参与挑战了欧洲中心论的基本原理，该理论声称经济利益是深化经济一体化的基础。由于他们对以经济为导向的基本原理的关注限制了理解经济区域主义的政治和其他原因（和后果）的能力，他们无法充分解释泰国在区域整合方面进展不稳定的情况。特别是，欧洲中心论难以解释为什么不同的政府时期对经济利益的解释不同，以及为什么经济利益并不总是追求经济区域主义的主要原因。鉴于欧洲中心论的不足，本文试图通过关注东盟自由贸易区来探索对泰国参与经济区域主义不一致的另一种解释。本文采用具有不同制度配置的国内联盟方法。而不是以经济为导向的理由，