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Motorcycles & the Art of Politics in Thailand, with Claudio Sopranzetti
Motorcycles & the Art of Politics in Thailand, with Claudio Sopranzetti
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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Mar 9, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
Anthropologist Sopranzetti's new book discusses the surprising role of motorcycle taxi drivers in a recent coup in Thailand, and their important place in everyday Thai life. In this fascinating interview, he also looks at the bigger picture: "there is a larger trend in East Asia of a certain Chinese model of authoritarianism that is not outside the rule of law, but in fact uses the rule of law to govern through other methods."
Released:
Mar 9, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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