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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790549803321

Autore

Case William

Titolo

Politics in Southeast Asia : democracy or less / / William Case

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-136-87121-7

0-7007-1636-X

1-315-02947-2

1-136-87114-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256p.)

Disciplina

320.9/59

Soggetti

Southeast Asia Politics and government 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Firstitle pageblished 2002 by Curzon Press.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-296) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Comparing Politics in Southeast Asia 2. Indonesia: Perpetuating and changing a pseudo-democracy 3. Singapore: A stable semi-democracy 4. Malaysia: Semi-democracy with strain points 5. Thailand: An unconsolidated democracy 6. The Philippines: Stable, but low quality democracy 7. Southeast Asia: Uncovering state elites and the business connection

Sommario/riassunto

This text provides an introduction to the politics of the five key south-east Asian states - Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. It is a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students undertaking courses on this subject.