East Asia's new democracies : deepening, reversal, non-liberal alternatives / / edited by Yin-wah Chu and Siu-lun Wong

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.95
• Soggetto topico: Democracy - East Asia
• Soggetto geografico: East Asia Politics and government
• Soggetto non controllato: Democracy
• Altri autori: ChuYin-wah WongSiu-lun
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Asia ; 6 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 Asia ; 13 Diagnosing the micro foundation of democracy in Asia: Evidence from the AsiaBarometer survey, 2003-2008Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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 and
• Titolo autorizzato: East Asia's new democracies
• ISBN: 1-136-99109-3; 1-136-99110-7; 1-282-58689-0; 9786612586897; 0-203-85451-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792416303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Politics in Asia