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100	1		_aMURPHY Colum
245			_aPopulism erodes Thailand's old order/ _c Colum Murphy
260			_c2009
520			_aThe power brokers in Thailand does not lie with elected politicians but with the elite. This term is widely used but rarely defined. The elite seems so far to have successfully used the yellow shirt movement to counter Mr Thaksin populism. The reds are trying to play down the role of Mr Thaksin, whose support of the protesters from exile resulted in a huge loss of credibility. The yellows are stressing less the pro-monarchy aspects of the group. Both are taking up the banner of egalitarianism, political, economic and social.
650			_aTHAILAND
650			_aPOLITICS
650			_aECONOMICS
650			_aELITE
773			_aFar Eastern Economic Review : _g June 2009, pp.7-12.
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