LEADER 04798nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910781015603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-87215-X 010 $a9786612872150 010 $a0-231-51783-1 024 7 $a10.7312/chu-14534 035 $a(CKB)2550000000018608 035 $a(EBL)908686 035 $a(OCoLC)729029583 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000437820 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11291172 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000437820 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10449334 035 $a(PQKB)10105467 035 $a(DE-B1597)458753 035 $a(OCoLC)247160515 035 $a(OCoLC)979879901 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231517836 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908686 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10397420 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL287215 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908686 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000018608 100 $a20080215d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aHow East Asians view democracy$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Yun-han Chu ... [et al.] 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (329 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-14535-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [281]-296) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Comparative perspectives on democratic legitimacy in East Asia / Yun-han Chu ... [et al.] -- The mass public and democratic politics in South Korea : exploring the subjective world of democratization in flux / Doh Chull Shin and Chong-Min Park -- Mass public perceptions of democratization in the Philippines : consolidation in progress? / Linda Luz Guerrero and Rollin F. Tusalem -- How citizens view Taiwan's new democracy / Yu-tzung Chang and Yun-han Chu -- Developing democracy under a new constitution in Thailand / Robert B. Albritton and Thawilwadee Bureekul -- The mass public and democratic politics in Mongolia / Damba Ganbat, Rollin F. Tusalem, and David D. Yang -- Japanese attitudes and values toward democracy / Ken'ichi Ikeda and Masaru Kohno -- Democratic transition frustrated : the case of Hong Kong / Wai-man Lam and Hsin-chi Kuan -- China : democratic values supporting an authoritarian system / Tianjian Shi -- Conclusion: Values, regime performance, and democratic consolidation / Yun-han Chu, Larry Diamond, and Andrew J. Nathan. 330 $aEast Asian democracies are in trouble, their legitimacy threatened by poor policy performance and undermined by nostalgia for the progrowth, soft-authoritarian regimes of the past. Yet citizens throughout the region value freedom, reject authoritarian alternatives, and believe in democracy. This book is the first to report the results of a large-scale survey-research project, the East Asian Barometer, in which eight research teams conducted national-sample surveys in five new democracies (Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Mongolia), one established democracy (Japan), and two nondemocracies (China and Hong Kong) in order to assess the prospects for democratic consolidation. The findings present a definitive account of the way in which East Asians understand their governments and their roles as citizens. Contributors use their expert local knowledge to analyze responses from a set of core questions, revealing both common patterns and national characteristics in citizens' views of democracy. They explore sources of divergence and convergence in attitudes within and across nations. The findings are sobering. Japanese citizens are disillusioned. The region's new democracies have yet to prove themselves, and citizens in authoritarian China assess their regime's democratic performance relatively favorably. The contributors to this volume contradict the claim that democratic governance is incompatible with East Asian cultures but counsel against complacency toward the fate of democracy in the region. While many forces affect democratic consolidation, popular attitudes are a crucial factor. This book shows how and why skepticism and frustration are the ruling sentiments among today's East Asians. 606 $aDemocracy$zEast Asia$vCase studies 606 $aDemocracy$zEast Asia$xPublic opinion 606 $aPublic opinion$zEast Asia 607 $aEast Asia$xPolitics and government$y21st century 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aDemocracy$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aPublic opinion 676 $a321.8095 686 $aNK 3350$2rvk 701 $aZhu$b Yunhan$01463545 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781015603321 996 $aHow East Asians view democracy$93672830 997 $aUNINA