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- PublicationThai Politics in the Context of Plutocracy(University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, 2006)
; Nowadays every country in the world is under Capitalism; the capitalist economy is a necessary part of the Democratic System. According to Karl Marx’s theory of Dialectical Materialism, the factors that make people happy are a good economy, wealth and property. These lead to the rise of the capitalist who seizes power, which in turn can lead to a state of monopoly. When the capitalists enter politics, business power structures become subservient to political power structures. Businessmen took over politics; money is used to acquire state power, and that power is used to obtain more money. Thai politics has adopted the pattern of a “Plutocracy”. Democracy is only in form, not in substance. A Plutocracy is politics for power, interest and extra benefit for the political elites.Plutocracy has become a part of Thai politics because of two main causes: first is that the democratic structure is not strong enough, and secondly there are three missing parts in Thai politics: political culture in the democratic way, the decentralization of power to local provinces, and active people’s politics.Plutocracy cause these following serious problems in Thai politics: business politics, election abuse, and a lack of ethics and morality in politicians. Business politics leads to corruption, especially in the context of conflict of interests and the integrative corruption in many mega projects. That is why politicians become rich very quickly and become entrenched in a position. They use money to buy ballot papers. After their victory they use their power to earn more money. The corruption in election is increasing rapidly and widely day by day. Most of the politicians that walk into the Thai Parliament are lacking of quality and ethics.At present Thailand is under the plutocracy political model, it has become “money politics”. We have to control it within borders and we must find the methods to minimize this undesirable system. Efficient measures to protect Thai politics from plutocracy are to use the principle of Sufficiency Economy erected by King Phumiphol at once, solving the problem of structure in Thai politics, the economic problems and the implementation of a political culture in the democratic way. All four measures above have to be implemented simultaneously. It is imperative that these problems be solved because if left too long it will destroy the whole system of Thai society. Plutocracy must be restricted until it gradually fades out from Thai politics.17 991 - PublicationThe Role of the Council of Political Development and the Nation’s Reconciliation Enhancement(University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, 2013)
; During the past four years (2008–2012) the principal role of the Council of Political Development has been to implement the strength of Democracy at the grassroots level. Most of Thai society consists of grassroots underdog people. The Council aims to implement democracy as a structural base. It emphasizes democracy in the community through decentralization. When people experience real democracy and are free, they are able to reveal their intelligence &strength. Conflict and unequal treatment will be reduced, leading to reconciliation and security in the nation will be established.Because the main contribution of the Council is focused on grassroots democracy, the outcome is not evident over a short time. Even though the target has not yet been fully attained but it is nevertheless a great endeavour to bridge the gap. The Council tries not to let violence occur among Thais. The Council tries rather to integrate between representative democracy and participatory democracy.The highest goal of reconciliation is to enable all people to receive fair and equal treatment, to let them feel that they receive honour and acceptance from the state. The government has to understand more about customs, culture, religion, and economy of all groups of people. In the end everything will move in a positive direction and happiness will return to our own country.12 168 - PublicationWar and Peace Discourse on News about Political Conflicts: The Seizure of Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi Airports, the “Debacle” of the ASEAN Summit and the “Black Songkran” through the Eyes of English Newspapers in Thailand(University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, 2011)
; ; The discourse constructed in the news about the PAD’s seizure of the Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi airports, the disruption of the 14 th Asean summit in Pattaya and the “Black Songkran” is “war and peace” discourse. The news about these political conflicts in Thailand was reported in the two English newspapers: Bangkok Post and The Nation between November and December 2008 and between March and April 2009 respectively. The “war” discourse in the news about the PAD’s seizure of the Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi airports was constructed through the use of noun and verb phrases in news reports, editorials together with comments from columnists, vocabulary on military equipment and the description of the airports, Bangkok and the protest site.The “war” discourse in the news about the disruption of the 14 th Asean summit in Pattaya and the “Black Songkran” in 2009 was constructed through the naming of the situations themselves, the naming of the people involved in the situations and the description of Bangkok and the protest site as well. The use of noun and verb phrases in news reports, editorials together with comments from columnists, vocabulary on military equipment also highlight the “war” discourse.In addition, the “peace” discourse presented in the news about these political conflicts was constructed through the use of phrases calling for talks, reconciliation and political reform.Moreover, the news about the PAD’s seizure of the Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi airports also constructed the “trouble makers” discourse. The naming of the seizure of the two airports, the naming of the PAD, the use of noun and verb phrases in news reports, editorials together with comments from columnists, travelers and business people who were affected by the closure of the airports helped strengthen the “trouble makers” discourse.The use of idioms, metaphor, simile, and personification was also found in the news. Strong criticism and suggestions were found as well.The study of the discourses constructed in these political conflicts is one of the examples showing the power of language used in the media, especially newspaper.15 257