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Offers a personal view about the inter-relations of economy, politics, and culture. Discusses two very different interpretations of the word 'governance' in Thailand, representing two different, and often opposed, political cultures. Sketches the origins and main features of these two political cultures. Considers the national or state-centred culture in the following aspects : the concept of ethnicity buried in the particular implementation of the nation-state, the dominance of the capital city, the growth of male gender bias, and the enthusiasm for modernity.