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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
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 69,723 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The oligarch of Thailand, 17 Mar 2009
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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