Power Broking In The Shade: Party Finances And Money Politics In Southeast Asia

'The book offers a broad survey of political parties’ financing strategies in Southeast Asia.'<div style='text-align: right;'>Contemporary Southeast Asia</div>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 business