The resultant inefficiency has come to have serious consequences recently. Infamous examples include the downgrading of the Thai aviation industry by the International Civil Aviation Organization due to its failure to meet safety standards,
21
the EU’s warning to
the Thai fishing industry and growing sanctions by businesses in the US and EU markets against fishery products from Thailand due to the chronic problem of slave labour in
Thailand’s fishing
fleets,
22
and the punishment by the US for Thailand’s failure to attend to the problem of human
trafficking.
23
In every case, it appears that the relevant Thai authority is aware of the problems but has been negligent for years. The Thai police are notorious in their unprofessional handling even of major cases that are of international interest, let alone everyday cases that hold purely domestic interest. Corruption, too, is condoned and encouraged by this type of social institution. Putting blame solely on individual politicians for corruption while ignoring the ingrained problem in every social institution, especially the military and the government bureaucracy, Thais are in self-denial again. Thai patrimonialism depends heavily on a charismatic monarch as the pinnacle of legitimacy. With
the King’s
deteriorating health, the future of the whole country is uncertain since he is unlikely to be replicable. For decades, the king has been considered the pillar of stability in Thai politics, and Thais have yet to learn that a mortal person cannot be the basis of a stable political system.
The problem of hazing or SOTUS in Thailand is the tip of the iceberg of a much bigger and more fundamental problem; the microcosmic manifestation of widespread troubles; and a symptom of chronic and structural deficiency. To stop it will require confronting the hierarchical and authoritarian social relations discussed above, and modernizing socialinstitutions
—
especially public ones
—
by making them more impersonal in adhering to laws, rules, professionalism and principles.
In the meantime, should the rankings of Thai universities go further south, it would be justified.
The resultant inefficiency has come to have serious consequences recently. Infamous examples include the downgrading of the Thai aviation industry by the International Civil Aviation Organization due to its failure to meet safety standards,21 the EU’s warning tothe Thai fishing industry and growing sanctions by businesses in the US and EU markets against fishery products from Thailand due to the chronic problem of slave labour inThailand’s fishingfleets,22 and the punishment by the US for Thailand’s failure to attend to the problem of humantrafficking.23 In every case, it appears that the relevant Thai authority is aware of the problems but has been negligent for years. The Thai police are notorious in their unprofessional handling even of major cases that are of international interest, let alone everyday cases that hold purely domestic interest. Corruption, too, is condoned and encouraged by this type of social institution. Putting blame solely on individual politicians for corruption while ignoring the ingrained problem in every social institution, especially the military and the government bureaucracy, Thais are in self-denial again. Thai patrimonialism depends heavily on a charismatic monarch as the pinnacle of legitimacy. Withthe King’s deteriorating health, the future of the whole country is uncertain since he is unlikely to be replicable. For decades, the king has been considered the pillar of stability in Thai politics, and Thais have yet to learn that a mortal person cannot be the basis of a stable political system. ปัญหาของการเลือนหรือโซตัสในประเทศไทยเป็นแค่ส่วนเล็ก ๆ ของมากใหญ่ และพื้นฐานมากปัญหา แสดงถึงส่วนของปัญหาอย่างกว้างขวาง และอาการของการขาดเรื้อรัง และโครงสร้าง การที่จะหยุดจะต้องเผชิญหน้ากับความสัมพันธ์ทางสังคมตามลำดับชั้น และประเทศกล่าวถึงข้างต้น และต่าง socialinstitutions — คนของประชาชนโดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่ง — ทำให้พวกเขาตัวตนมากขึ้นในการยึดมั่นในกฎหมาย กฎ ความเป็นมืออาชีพ และหลักการ ในระหว่างนี้ ควรจัดอันดับมหาวิทยาลัยไทยไปเพิ่มเติมใต้ มันจะชิด
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