TY - BOOK AU - LINTNER Bertil TI - Perpetual crisis PY - 2006/// KW - THAILAND KW - POLITICS N2 - The monarchy has always brought stability to Thailand. Political parties are usually not based on ideologies or even policies but have risen and fallen with personalities. In this article highlights unprecedented power the issue is the enourmous power Thaksin managed to amass since his party was swept into office in 2001 ER -