Legitimacy [[electronic resource] ] : ambiguities of political success or failure in East and Southeast Asia / / edited by Lynn White

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450218503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Jersey ; ; Hong Kong, : World Scientific, c2005
• ISBN: 1-281-88101-5; 9786611881016; 981-256-934-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (329 p.)
• Collana: Series on contemporary China ; ; vol. 1
• Altri autori (Persone): WhiteLynn T
• Disciplina: 320.011; 320.011095
• Soggetti: Legitimacy of governments - East Asia; Legitimacy of governments - Southeast Asia; Legitimacy of governments - China; Legitimacy of governments - Japan; Legitimacy of governments - Korea (South); Legitimacy of governments - Malaysia; Electronic books.; China Politics and government 2002-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction - Dimensions of Legitimacy Lynn White; 1) Political Legitimacy in Malaysia: Regime Performance in the Asian Context Bruce Gilley; 2) The Basis of Political Legitimacy in Late-Authoritarian Taiwan David Dahua Yang; 3) Political Trust in China: Forms and Causes Zhengxu Wang; 4) Nationalism and the Problem of Political Legitimacy in China Jungmin Seo; 5) Political Legitimacy in Reform China: Between Economic Performance and Democratization Yongnian Zheng and Liang Fook Lye; 6) Legitimating Rhetorics and Factual Economies in a South Korean Development Dispute Robert Oppenheim7) Policy Legitimacy as a Determinant of Policy Outputs: Japan's Case Takayuki Sakamoto; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book documents the bases for a new view of legitimacy in general ; and in various parts of Asia, including China, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan. The authors see legitimacy anywhere as always partial, rather than total, and somewhat measurable.