A study of recent politics and politicians given from an insight uniquely Thai. Describes the behaviour in political circles conforming to Thai sociological patterns. Repudiates certain foreign sociological concepts of Thai behaviour.

This book provides a comprehensive empirical and theoretical analysis of the development of parties and party systems in Asia. The studies included advance a unique perspective in the literature by focusing on the concept of institutionalization and by analyzing parties in democratic settings as well as in authoritarian settings. The countries covered in the book range from East Asia to Southeast Asia to South Asia.