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Original Articles

The Beach of ‘The Beach’—The Politics of Environmental Damage in Thailand

(George Wise Professor of Sociology Emeritus)
Pages 1-17 | Received 14 Apr 2004, Accepted 20 Sep 2004, Published online: 12 Jan 2015

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