Pollwatching Elections and Civil Society in Southeast Asia

This title was first published in 2000:  Corruption has become a major issue in East and Southeast Asia since the financial crisis of 1997 leading to widespread political change across the region. But political corruption is not a new issue in Southeast Asia. As Pollwatching Elections and Civil Society in Southeast Asia shows through in-depth studies of Thailand and the Philippines political corruption has been a major point of contention within South East Asian countries for decades.