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Quah (vice-president, Asian Association for Public Administration) provides a comparative analysis of how effective or ineffective ten Asian governments have been in minimizing and controlling corruption. Each of the governments discussed--Japan, India, the Philippines, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Indonesia, and Mongolia--are examined under a common framework that includes a short description of an important corruption scandal; analysis of the policy contexts of geography, history, economy, demography, and political system; assessment of the extent of corruption and the major causes of corruption; and evaluation of anticorruption measures. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)