PESTLE ANALYSIS OF THAILAND
PESTLE ANALYSIS
OF
THAILAND
PESTLE ANALYSIS OF THAILAND
INDEX
Sr. No.
Title
Page No.
1
Introduction
1
2
National Flag and Symbol
2
3
Political Analysis
4
4
Economical Analysis
6
5
Socio-Cultural Analysis
10
6
Technological Analysis
15
7
Environmental Analysis
17
8
Legal Analysis
21
9
Bibliography
24
PESTLE ANALYSIS OF THAILAND
INTRODUCTION
Country
Thailand
Capital
Bangkok
Entire land boundary
5,326 kilometers
Maritime boundary on
1,878 km the Gulf
On the Andaman Sea
Neighboring countries
937 km
The Union of Myanmar
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic
The Kingdom of
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The sala used as the national symbol is a simple wooden Thai pavilion framed by a circle. The structure is distinctive with its gabled roof and the hornlike finials with graceful lines, standing proudly against the blue background, signifying the brightness of Thailand, a tropical country, and situated on a green ground, representing the fertility of the country, a prosperous agricultural land.
PESTLE ANALYSIS OF THAILAND
POLITICAL AND LEGAL ANALYSIS
Thailand has adopted a parliamentary, democratic form of government, with the King as Head of
State under the Constitution, exercising the sovereign power in the administration, as Thailand is a sovereign state free to conduct her internal and external affairs without pressure, control, or intervention from other countries. The sovereign power comprises three branches:
1. Legislative power, or the legislature, the institution empowered to pass laws, namely the
National Assembly, in the form of a bicameral assembly, made up of a House of
Representatives and a Senate. All members of the former are publicly elected, while in the latter, out of 150 senators, one senator is elected from each province, making 76, and the rest are appointed;
2. Administrative power, or the administration, the institution that administers public policy and enforces the laws, which is the administration or the government,
If the Senate is kept at its current state, it will continue to operate fine, however the Senate can be much more effective at what it does if it gets amended. Currently the Senate is not elected, equal, nor efficient. People who comprise the Senate are selected by the governor general on the advice of the Prime Minister, so those selected most likely will act in good intention towards the Prime Minister. The Senate, unlike the House was designed to represent Canada’s regions, however it over-represents some provinces at the expense of others. For example currently, Quebec and Ontario each have 24 seats, the same amount of seats as the four Western provinces as a whole. Atlantic Canada, with a mere 7% of the population, holds a unproportional 29% of the seats. Canadians deserve laws that are fair and free of errors, and the Senate contributes to that. The Senate’s job is to foster national unity, however currently they act in the interest of themselves and the Prime Minister rather than in the interest of the people.
Parliamentary – a system of government in which both executive and legislative function reside in an
The General Assembly is very similar to the United States Congress. Why? Because it is a bicameral legislature with a Senate and a House of Representative. They both operates in similar fashions except for two important differences which are that only the House of Representative can write apportions and also only the Senate can confirm appointments the governor makes to the executive office.
A bicameral legislature is simply a legislature with two houses. The historical reason that the united states has this type of congress is that the British had this type of congress and they seemed to work so well so we decided to use this type of legislature. The practical reason was to settle the dispute between the New Jersey plan and the Virginia plan. The theoretical reason was so that one could check on the other. In the house of representatives there are 435 people. They serve a 6 year term. To qualify for the house of representatives you must be at least twenty-five years old, you have to be a citizen for the last 7 years, and own a house in the state you wish to represent. There are 100 members in the senate. They serve for 6 years. To be a senator you have to be at least 35 years old, you have to be a citizen for the past 9
Many modern democracies have a bicameral legislature which is a body of government that consist of two legislative chambers. The bicameral legislature provides representation for both, the citizens of the country and the state legislature on a federal level. The Canadian parliament has two chambers, the lower chamber which is an elected House of Commons and the upper chamber which is the non-elected Senate. The Canadian Senate is assumed to be a “sober second thought” [3] on government legislation which is a phrase that describes the Senate’s role in promoting and defending regional interest. There has been an immense amount of the public outcry regarding the Senate after spending scandal that occurred during the recent election period. A question that has induced discussion in parliament is whether the Canadian Senate should be reformed or not? This issue divides the population in half because of differing views. Some political parties want the abolition of the Senate to occur while other parties would like to have an elected Senate because provinces are not represented equally. A method of deciding the faith of the current Senate, the functions of the Senate and objectives of Senate reform should be defined. The assumptions about the purpose of the Senate, problems of the current Senate, the goal of Senate reform and the method of achieving the reform may help provide a consensus on how the Senate should be reformed.
Federally, there is a commission put together each decade to reassess electoral boundaries; sometimes boundaries are redrawn, sometimes in the event of a population boom in an area – a move from rural to urban. Normally, “the number of voters per constituency should not… vary more than + or – 25% from the average,” (SFU.ca). The number of electoral district equals the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of that province; in New Brunswick, there are currently 55 seats in the Legislative Assembly. This means that, unlike some electoral systems, there is only one candidate running in each riding. For a potential Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) to win their seat, they must get a higher percentage of the vote – just one percent higher. Because one only needs one percent more than their contestants, rather than majority of the vote, SMP is sometimes referred to as “first past the post.” Finally, the party and leader can form the government if they have more seats than the other parties; this does not really take into account the popular vote. If the leading party won more than half of the seats it is referred to as a majority government; however, if less than half the seats were won it is called a minority government and, if the opposition and other parties so choose, they can vote to dissolve government, thus calling an election.
A bicameral legislature is a legislature in which there are two houses where each house has a specific jobs to attend to. There are many reasons as to why a bicameral legislature exist, some of them include; historical, practical, and theoretical. The historical reasons are given to us by British Parliament who insisted on having a two house government dating back to the 1300s. The practical reasons came about through the framers. They embarked upon this decision when settling a conflict between two states. And finally, the theoretical reason possible, and the most important reason it was put to action was to prevent the federal
The original purpose of the senate was two-fold, firstly they were meant to add some degree of regional representation to the debate. The one-hundred and five senators are separated into regions with a set number coming from each of the regions of the country. Secondly, the senate was meant to be in the words of Sir John a Macdonald “a chamber for a sober second thought” , that is to say that it provides a second opinion on bills and any other legislation that has passed through the house of commons. The modern senate however does not fulfill these two functions adequately anymore, instead the regional distribution is not done equally, so there are areas that are very over represented and others such as British Columbia that are woefully under represented . And the sober second thought that the senate is meant to offer is instead turning into a more symbolic confirmation similar to the royal assent that the Governor General gives in the name of the Queen. This second issue happens because the senate lacks the legitimacy of the house of commons because they are not elected. In modern times the public is weary of a body of un elected officials affecting the legislation of their chosen elected officials. Now to effectively reform the senate there are three main areas that will need to change namely the distribution of seats, the way in which senators are chosen, and the affiliations of the senators themselves. Firstly, the original purpose of regional representation in the senate was to counteract the representation by population in the house of commons. This helped to ensure that French speaking Quebecois, and the western provinces were not marginalized by the English speaking majority and the power of Ontario in national policy making. The distribution of the seats is done as follows, first the country was split into four regions the Maritimes,
Sovereignty is defined as unlimited power over a country or a country's independent authority and the right to govern itself according to Merriam Webster dictionary.
Bicameral legislature- A legislature divided into two houses; the US Congress and all state legislatures except Nebraska’s are bicameral.
The senate is viewed as a reflective body. It is often called the ‘chamber of sober second thought’. The Canadian senate is still one of the only ones in modern democracy not to have undergone senatorial reform. This makes for the Canadian senate to “represent and embody some of the most anti democratic features of representative assemblies” (Docherty pp.27). The senate is the upper house of the parliament. It has 105 seats, distributed as fairly as possible amongst the various provinces. Senators are appointed and this is the major reason for people wanting senatorial reform, however the Canadian senate have
The legislature will be a senate composed of one hundred elected senators; four from each of the twenty-five districts across the state. Each district will elect one new senator
“When they call the roll in the Senate, the senators do not know whether to answer present or not guilty” (Theodore Roosevelt/Google Images.) The Senate plays an important role in the Canadian government. Canada's Senate today is made up of a variety of backgrounds such as different cultures and religions. It also includes both men and women. The Senate looks at the different issues that individuals or groups might have. They look at the children, veterans, the poor, the elderly and much more. Senators look at issues in more depth. When the House of Commons passes a bill, it must also pass a vote in the Senate before it becomes a law. Canada’s Senate consists of one hundred five politicians,
Today, Ontario and Quebec have maintained their 24 member senatorial status. The four Western provinces have 6 members each. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick both have 10 seats. Prince Edward Island was given 4 out of the original 24 Maritime senators. Together, Newfoundland and Labrador have a total of 6 members. Finally, Nunavut, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories stand in the equation with 1 senator apiece. Along with the Senate`s original intentions, the principle of equality between the provinces is evidently lost. The Senate primarily fails because it was formerly created to balance out the representation by population which lies in the House of Commons however currently only seems to reinforce it. In fact, Canada’s central provinces, Ontario and Quebec, account for 60 percent of the seats in the House of Commons and almost half of the seats in the Senate at 46 percent.5 The inadequacy of regional representation is emphasized as the Canada West Foundation clearly states: “Canada is the only democratic federal system in the world in which the regions with the largest populations dominate both houses of the national legislature.“6 With an unelected Senate that no longer fulfills its role of equal regional representation and a House of Commons grounded on the representation of provinces proportional to their population, the legitimacy of Parliament has become a
The Philippine economy is progressively increasing according to the World Bank Org. According to the date compiled by CNN Money, the Philippines is projected to be the fourth fastest in the world, that has a GDP at 6.7%. It is projected that the Philippines economy is higher than Bangladesh 6.3%.The agriculture is one of the factors that affects the economy of the Philippines. It contributes the GDP and labor force in the Philippines.