03686oam 2200673I 450 991080919040332120230725023325.01-136-99109-31-136-99110-71-282-58689-097866125868970-203-85451-910.4324/9780203854518 (CKB)2670000000014962(EBL)515359(OCoLC)609863232(SSID)ssj0000359103(PQKBManifestationID)11261886(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000359103(PQKBWorkID)10382386(PQKB)10023068(MiAaPQ)EBC515359(Au-PeEL)EBL515359(CaPaEBR)ebr10382540(CaONFJC)MIL258689(OCoLC)649409735(EXLCZ)99267000000001496220180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEast Asia's new democracies deepening, reversal, non-liberal alternatives /edited by Yin-wah Chu and Siu-lun WongLondon ;New York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (322 p.)Politics in AsiaDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-49931-3 0-415-49930-5 Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 East Asia's new democracies: An introduction; Part I: Transition, consolidation, reversal: Actors then and now; 2 Social and political developments in China: Challenges for democratization; 3 Civil society and democracymaking in Taiwan: Reexamining the link; 4 The bottom-up nature of Korean democratization: Civil society, anti-Americanism and popular protest; 5 Modernization theory's last redoubt: Democratization in East and Southeast Asia6 Development and change in Korean democracy since the democratic transition in 1987: The Three Kims' politics and after7 Thailand's conservative democratization; Part II: Democracy in East Asia?: Achievements and enduring challenges; 8 Democracy and disorder: Will democratization bring greater regional instability to East Asia?; 9 Democracy's double edge: Financing social policy in industrial East Asia; 10 Devolution and democracy: A fragile connection; 11 Rule of law and democracy: Lessons for China from Asian experiences; 12 Group rights and democracy in Southeast Asia13 Diagnosing the micro foundation of democracy in Asia: Evidence from the AsiaBarometer survey, 2003-2008IndexThis collection brings us up-to-date on the contemporary situations in the new democracies of East Asia, and debates on the prospect of introducing liberal democracy to this part of the world. The chapters cover a wide range of cases, including in-depth examination of China, Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, and broad comparisons of Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, and other countries. The contributors, who are foremost experts in their fields, examine the roles performed by civil society, social classes, and strategic groups, as well as the intertwining of values andPolitics in AsiaDemocracyEast AsiaEast AsiaPolitics and governmentDemocracyDemocracy320.95Chu Yin-wah1110099Wong Siu-lun1110100MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809190403321East Asia's new democracies4114521UNINA