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Chapter 10
Sanam Luang: May 17, 1992: Crowds assemble
on Sanam Luang to hear political speeches, with Wat Phra Kaew in
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The final chapter builds
on the rest of the
book by taking a closer look at the social and political roots of the environmental
crisis in the developing world, in particular how endemic corruption has
hampered attempts at improving environmental governance. Although it is
commonly suggested that protecting the environment is a “luxury”
that poor countries can’t afford, the opposite is mostly the case,
since it is the poor who suffer the most from environmental problems. Developing
civil society is a key component to r
ectifying the situation, but ultimately
government itself will have to be cleaned up. The situation is far from
hopeless, however, as I conclude with a personal recounting of what may
be considered Thailand’s finest hour: the popular democratic uprising
of May, 1992 that ended up toppling a military dictatorship. |
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