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Yoko Ueda (for a book-length treatment see her Local Economy and Entrepreneurship in Thailand: A Case Study of Nakhon Ratchasima . Kyoto : Kyoto University Press, 1995.) spends 28 pages on the history of Chinese businessmen in Khorat, based on interviews with 46 respondents. This section certainly is of interest for social and economic historians. On the five pages on politics, the author informs us that some businessmen are involved in politics (local and national), that there are “factions” (formalized as “political club(s)” or groups for competing in local elections; Ueda also uses the expression “local machine” while the term phuak is not mentioned), and that these factions are not based on principles but personal relationships. Chart Thai Party, Chart Pattana Party, Arthit Kamlang-ek, Chartchai Choonhavan, and Suwat Liptapallop are duly mentioned.

Uhlin, Anders. 2002 . “Globalization, Democratization and Civil Society in Southeast Asia: Observations from Malaysia and Thailand .” In Globalization and Democratization in Asia : The Construction of Identity , ed. by Catarina Kinnvall and Kristina J?nsson, pp. 149-166. London and New York : Routledge.