Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Part 1: Overview of the Elections and PollWatch; 1. PollWatch Organisation; PollWatch Objectives; PollWatch 3; Volunteer Recruitment; The Volunteers' Role; The Volunteers' Background; 2. Electioneering; Campaign Organisation; Violence; 3. PollWatch Activities: Monitoring; Legal Problems; Complaints Section; Border Patrol Police; Decentralization; Biased Officials; 4. PollWatch Activities: Civic Education Campaigns; Provincial Activities: The Democratic Forum; The National Media; National-level Special Campaigns
Case Study 1Case Study 2; Part 2: Civil Society in Thailand and the Philippines; 5. Civil Society; Political Theory and Civil Society; Civil Society in the Philippines; The State: Comelec; Civil Society: Citizens' Arms; Effect on Philippine Civil Society; 6. Parallels: From Civic Organisation to Mass Movements; NAMFREL and the Democratic Movement; PollWatch and the Democratic Movement; 7. Divergences: Relations with the State; GONGOs; Fostered Independence; Criticism of PollWatch as a GONGO; Relations with the State; Bureaucratization; Relations with NGOs; Neutrality
8. Parallels: Alternative Political CulturesReligion and Politics in the Philippines; Morality and Politics in Thailand; Politics of Influence; The PollWatch Response to the Vote-Buying Culture; 9. Addressing Political Corruption in Southeast Asia; Elections and Political Corruption; Avenues for Anti-corruption Reform in Southeast Asia; Conclusion; Postscript: The Election Commission of Thailand; Appendix: A Selection of Forms from PollWatch; Bibliography; Interviews; Index
