Paperback / softback
November 20, 2009
9789749511794
English
424
30 illus.
8.00 Inches (US)
5.50 Inches (US)
1.1 Pounds (US)
$28.95 USD
v2.1 Reference

Thaksin, Second Edition

Second Edition

In the early 1990s, Thaksin Shinawatra came from nowhere to become a multi-billionaire in just four years.
In 2001, he was elected prime minister on a single-minded promise to accelerate Thailand to first-world status through unrestrained capitalist growth. In 2009, over video link from exile in Dubai, he urged thousands of red-shirted supporters to revolution, provoking days of street fighting and the biggest-ever domestic operation by the Thai army.

Thaksin's tenure gave new meaning to the role of prime minister and transformed Thai politics. It is an extraordinary story involving four landslide elections, a military coup, a demonstration lasting half a year, the popular mobilization of people in color-coded street armies, the occupation of Bangkok's international airport, assassination plots, and the flight of Asian leaders from a regional meeting by helicopter.

The first edition of this book was published in 2004, and the original chapters remain unchanged. In the expanded second edition, four new chapters and a conclusion trace in detail the protracted story of Thaksin's downfall.

About the Authors

Pasuk Phongpaichit is professor of economics at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. Chris Baker is an independent writer.
Silkworm Books
Second Edition

9789749511794 : thaksin-2nd-edition-phongpaichit-baker
Paperback / softback
424 Pages
$28.95 USD

Other Titles by Pasuk Phongpaichit

Kings in Love: Lilit Phra Lo and Twelve Months

translated by Chris Baker, Pasuk Phongpaichit
Sep 2020 - Silkworm Books
$24.95 USD - Paperback / softback

From the Fifty Jātaka

translated by Chris Baker, Pasuk Phongpaichit
Oct 2019 - Silkworm Books
$40.00 USD - Paperback / softback

Five Studies on Khun Chang Khun Phaen

edited by Chris Baker, Pasuk Phongpaichit
Oct 2017 - Silkworm Books
$25.00 USD - Paperback / softback

Other Titles by Chris Baker

Kings in Love: Lilit Phra Lo and Twelve Months

translated by Chris Baker, Pasuk Phongpaichit
Sep 2020 - Silkworm Books
$24.95 USD - Paperback / softback

From the Fifty Jātaka

translated by Chris Baker, Pasuk Phongpaichit
Oct 2019 - Silkworm Books
$40.00 USD - Paperback / softback

Five Studies on Khun Chang Khun Phaen

edited by Chris Baker, Pasuk Phongpaichit
Oct 2017 - Silkworm Books
$25.00 USD - Paperback / softback

Other Titles in Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies

At the Crossroads of Music and Social Justice

edited by Brenda M. Romero, Susan M. Asai, David A. McDonald, Andrew G. Snyder, Katelyn E. Best, with contributions by Kyra D. Gaunt, Steven Loza, Charlotte W. Heth, Paul Austerlitz, Katie J. Graber, Darci Sprengel, Ho Chak Law, Alexand...
Feb 2023 - Indiana University Press
$90.00 USD - Hardback
$36.00 USD - Paperback / softback

Picture Bride

Yoshiko Uchida, foreword by Elena Tajima Creef
Sep 2022 - University of Washington Press
$19.95 USD - Paperback / softback

Signs of Home

Barbara Johns, foreword by Stephen H. Sumida
Aug 2021 - University of Washington Press
$34.95 USD - Paperback / softback
$49.95 USD - Hardback