Transformation of Economic - Cultural Capital to Political Capital: Case Study of Bullfighting Phatthalung Province
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https://doi.org/10.61462/cujss.v54i2.3606Keywords:
Local Politics, Bullfighting, Local Politicians, Capital, Pierre BourdieuAbstract
This qualitative study through a purposive interview with key informants on Phatthalung bullfighting for gathering people in social networks and the local politicians to play their roles in bullfighting aimed to analyze the transformation of the economic and cultural capital of bullfighting to the political capital of Phatthalung local politicians. Employed by Pierre Bourdieu's concept of political economy and capital, the study answered the question of how the local politicians transformed the economic and cultural capital of bullfighting into the political capital.
The study revealed the following results. 1. The economic capital of fighting bulls was related to networks and cultural capital on knowledge, wisdom, fighting bull breeding, and bullfighting. Good breeds of fighting bulls, organizing a fighting bull farm to breed, and training fighting bulls were available in Phatthalung Province. 2. The gambling economy capital was important to generate benefits for valuable gambling money and was the focus of bullfighting networks. The local politicians had the advantage of a large amount of the economic capital.
The local politicians had combined their power with the social power to build a connection for organizing bullfighting, promoting an image of respectful reputation and credibility, and leading them into a local charismatic leader.
The local politicians used the combined cultural and economic capital to indirectly maintain their voting bases where many people were their voters
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