Power broking in the shade : party finances and money politics in Southeast Asia / Wolfgang Sachsenröder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sachsenröder, Wolfgang, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--Southeast Asia.

Political parties.

Campaign funds--Southeast Asia.

Campaign funds.

Political corruption--Southeast Asia.

Political corruption.

Politics and government.

Southeast Asia--Politics and government--21st century.

Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

ix, 191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [2018]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : 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

Conclusion : Political Power and Money.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-190).

ISBN:

9789813230736

9813230738

OCLC:

1004014206