TY - BOOK AU - PRASIRTSUK Kitti TI - From political reform and economic crisis to coup d'etat in Thailand: the twists and turns of the political economy, 1997-2006 PY - 2007/// KW - THAILAND KW - POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT KW - ECONOMICS KW - ASIAN ECONOMIC CRISIS N2 - Argues that the Asian Financial Crisis together with political reforms created a framework that facilitated a business oriented government that in turn favoured big businesses. The government, it is said, became more arrogant and authoritarian ultimately creating the circumstances for the military coup of September 2006 UR - file://Lib-svr/SubjectFiles/Thailand/F555.pdf ER -