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Thaksin: The Business of Politics in Thailand (Paperback)

by Pasuk Phongpaichi (Author), Chris Baker (Author)

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Paperback: 302 pages
Publisher: Silkworm Books (31 Jan 2005)
Language English
ISBN-10: 9749575555
ISBN-13: 978-9749575550
Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14.2 x 2.5 cm

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A readable and well-researched investigation of one of the most enigmatic politicians of our age - a man brilliant but deeply flawed, a cynic, a risk-taker, a multi billionaire and self-invented 'man of the people' who treats a nation as a commercial company, who sees wellbeing exclusively in terms of GNP growth, who speaks repeatedly of 'the people' but appears to despise democracy, someone with a doctorate in jurisprudence but who seems to believe the Rule of Law is a commodity to be employed only when it suits him, someone who cites Buddhist teachings on morality yet employs them in support of the politics of greed and who has never shown the slightest inhibition in buying votes or packing both government and judiciary with his cronies. Vital reading for anyone seeking to understand something of modern Thailand, its strengths and weaknesses. Needless to say, a great friend of the Bush administration and the Pentagon.

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