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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819206303321

Autore

Compton Robert W. <1964->

Titolo

East Asian democratization : impact of globalization, culture, and economy / / Robert W. Compton, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2000

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-64320-0

0-313-00291-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 208 pages)

Disciplina

320.95

Soggetti

Democratization - East Asia

Globalization

East Asia Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-203) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Figures and Tables; 1 The Problem of Asian Democracy; 2 The Cultural Origins of Asian Democracy; 3 The Developmental State Political Elites and Asian Democracy; 4 Asian Political Development Model and Empirical Evidence; 5 Japan and the Tale of Three Asian Societies; 6 South Korea Imperfect Legitimation Leads to Democracy; 7 Thailand Weak State but High Levels of Legitimacy; 8 Conclusion Cases and the Asian Development Model; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text creates an Asian political development model to take into account cultural and historical perspectives. This model is then tested with quantitative indicators and through a series of case studies, based on Japan, South Korea and Thailand.