Power Broking in the Shade: Party Finances and Money Politics in Southeast Asia
黑幕下的权利角逐：东南亚的政党财政和金钱政治

by Wolfgang Sachsenröder(Political Party Forum Southeast Asia, Singapore)
 

ISBN: 9789813230736    Binding: Hardback   Pages: 204 pp
list price: USD 78.00 / GBP 69.00
Publication date:2018.6 (Asia)；2018.8(Rest of the World)

Description
Political activities, the running of party organisations, branches and headquarters, and especially election campaigns, are becoming increasingly costly, and no party can survive without money. Political power provides access to funding from public and private sources. Political parties have become more and more like businesses, including the temptation to maximise the income and the war chests, thus opening the doors for vested interests and influence peddling. As a result, money politics is pervasive, and the public is becoming increasingly critical of it. Trust in political parties, politicians, governments, and key state institutions has fallen to unprecedented levels. In most countries in the region general and political corruption, graft, and influence peddling are all too visible for the voters, while good governance remains an ideal too often out of reach.This book, Power Broking in the Shade: Party Finances and Money Politics in Southeast Asia, provides an overview of the strategies for financial survival of the parties in the region and the importance of stable cash flows for their political success. The book fills the void of a comparative approach towards party financing that covers the whole of ASEAN and offers accessible facts and understandable analysis for anyone interested in the politics of Southeast Asia.
 
Key Features
o    This book fills the void of a comparative approach towards party financing and covers the whole of ASEAN
o    The available literature on this topic is rather academic, and thus difficult to read for a broader public. The book provides insights for anyone interested in the politics of Southeast Asia, without compromising on scholarly standards
o    The author has been observing the political developments of the region since 1986, with direct contact to many politicians and political parties, as well as analysts and public intellectuals
 
Contents
Foreword (Surin Pitsuwan); Acknowledgements; The Finances of Political Parties in Southeast Asia; Cambodia: Tightly Controlled by the Cambodian People's Party; Indonesia: Parliamentarians and Oligarchs Bankrolling the Political Parties; Laos: The Lao People's Revolutionary Party; Malaysia: The Funding of Perpetual Party Power; Myanmar: Still Experimenting with Party Competition; The Philippines: Parties, Patrons, and Pork, or the Privatization of Political Financing; Singapore: The "White Raven" of Southeast Asia; Thailand: Money Politics and Party Funding — Two Sides of the Same Coin; Vietnam: The Single Party Cannot Control Everything Anymore; Political Power and Money; References; About the Author;
 
Readership
Students and researchers in the field of Political Science/Southeast Asian studies Politicians, party activists, and the general public interested in politics.

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