Mediation
What is Mediation?
An attempt by two parties to resolve their differences or dispute.
Assisted by a neutral third party.
Purpose is to resolve a conflict and create an agreement.
Does not replace the judicial system.
Mediation proceedings are confidential and private.
A mediator only advises, only suggest.
The resolution is up to the two parties using a signed, written agreement.
Informal process.
No judge or jury, no arbitrator.
All parties must agree to the process, usually with a signed mediation agreement.
What Mediators Bring to the Table
Mediation is an approach to conflict resolution
They alter the structure of the interaction
They bring their personal commitment, vision, and humanity to the interaction
They bring a set of skills and procedures
They bring a set of values and ethics.
What Disputants Want from a Mediator
desire for the mediator to help them achieve a good outcome.
They want mediators to be outcome focused and to commit to arriving at a settlement.
disputants often want mediators to hear their point of view and then convince everyone else involved that they are right and should get their way
They bring a set of values and ethics.
The Premises of Mediation
Disputants need help (and can benefit from it). A conflict goes to mediation because the parties feel they need help to arrive at a satisfactory outcome.
Why not go straight to a third-party decision maker
Process is important.
possible for a third party to be attentive to potentially competing interests.
What Mediator Do
Mediators Assess Whether and How to Intervene in a Conflict
Mediators Create or Redesign an Arena for Communication and Negotiation
Mediators Get Parties to Participate
Mediators Manage Emotions and Communication
Mediators Explore Needs at a Useful Level of Depth
Mediators Encourage Incremental and Reciprocal Risk Taking
Mediators Encourage Creativity
Mediators Help People Think Through Their Choices
Mediators Apply Appropriate Amounts of Pressure
When Mediation Works and When It Fails
that successful mediations do not necessarily end in agreements
that failed mediations sometimes do.
Mediation is a powerful intervention.
The Sarit Regime (1957-1963/2500-2506)
Sarit Thanarat (June 16, 1908 – December 8, 1963) was a Thai career soldier who staged a coup in 1957, thereafter serving as Thailand's Prime Minister until his death in 1963.
He was born in Bangkok on June 16, 1908.
His father, Major Luang Ruangdetanan (birth name Thongdi Thanarat), was a career army officer best known for his translations into Thai of Cambodian literature.
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What they tell you ?
What they don’t tell you ?
Two basket cases
Country A:
Country B:
Dead presidents don’t talk
Do as I say, not as I did
A pro-growth doctrine that reduces growth
Thailand in the cold war: sarit thanom regime (1957-1973)Yaowaluk Chaobanpho
Thailand in the Cold War: Sarit-Thanom Regime (1957-1973)
Politics and Government in Thailand
Yaowaluk Chaobanpho
Group presentation; select 1 question and answer in 5 minutes
1. What is the cold war? What is its influence in Southeast Asian Region?
2. What is the role of Thailand that contributed to the cold war during Sarit Regime?
3. What is the role of USA in supporting Sarit to become the leader in Thai politics?
4. What are the key features of economic development in Sarit period?
5.Describe the change of Monarch’s status during Sarit’s time
6. What is The Politics of Despotic Paternalism?
7. What is the political view of Sarit, particularly the view on democracy?
8. In what ways the country was modernized during Sarit’s time?
9.What are the factors that later caused the fall of dictatorship after Sarit’s time?
Phibun’s regime 1
Phibunsongkhram as Prime Minister 1938-45
Increase modernization
Pro fascism and nationalism
Built Leadership Cult ลัทธิเชื่อผู้นำ
“Aimed to uplift the national spirit and moral code of the nation and instilling progressive tendencies and a newness into Thai life”
Reform Thai language
Encouraged western manner
Phibun Regime 2
1939 changed from Siam to Thailand
1941 changed new year from Songkran to January 1
Encouraged economic nationalism; Anti Chinese policy
Alliance with Japan 1941-45
2nd Phibun term
April 1948 Phibun assumed his second premiership
2 unsuccessful coupe attempts (1951)
Promoted democracy “Open Politics”
Entered Korean War to support USA
Received large American aid
Entered early Cold War
Sarit seized power
Accused Phibun of cheating in election
American supported Thai army played crucial roles in 1957 coup
Cold War ?
Communist World (Soviet) VS. Western World (USA)
Vietnam war (1955-1975), US’ military bases in Thailand (1965-75)
USA’s funding for development
USA development model for allied countries
Map of Cold war
Sarit Thanarat (1908-1963)
Successful in army
Staged a coup in 1957 and second coup in 1958
Prime Minister 1958-1963
Strong leadership
Started National Economic and Social Development Plan
Politics in Sarit Regime
Governed under Martial Law
Most authoritarian in the history of modern Thai politics
Abrogating constitution
Dissolving parliament
Centralized power to his Revolutionary Party
Controlled Bureaucratic system and military
Politics (2)
Banned all political parties
Strict censorship of the press (banned 18 publications)
Intense crackdown on leftists
Suppressed many professors, politicians and newspapers
Chit Phumisak
Historian, writer, left wing intellectuals
“Che Guevara” of Thailand
Studied philosophy at Chulalongkorn
The Face of Thai Feudalism
1965 joined Communist Party of Thailand
Killed in 1966
Bureaucratic Polity
No Elections
No political power from society outside bureaucracy
No political participation from people
Decision makin
7. 7
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คานิยม (Core Values)
THAIBEV
T Team Spirit สามัคคีเปนหนึ่งเดียว
H Heart มุงมั่นทั้งกายใจ
A Accountability รับผิดชอบในหนาที่
I Initiative ริเริ่มสรางสรรค
3B Be Best, Be Bold, Be
Bright
กลาที่จะคิด, คิดอยางชาญฉลาด, ทําใหดี
ที่สุด
E Efficient ตั้งมั่นในความเปนเลิศ
V Virtue ยึดมั่นในคุณธรรมความดี
9. 9
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