Democratisation, Governance and Regionalism in East and Southeast Asia: A Comparative Study

by Ian Marsh (Editor)

Overview

This new collection of essays compares the development of central institutions of governance in the emerging democracies of East and South East Asia.

Seven key countries are covered: Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Save for Singapore and Malaysia, all have democratized over the past decade. Because of its constitutive implications for citizen identities, democratization is arguably of even greater potential significance than the economic take-off that preceded it.

But there are distinctive features that give the experience of these seven states especial relevance. First, unlike analogous western patterns, democratic transitions in Asia have been top-down in character. Second, the implementation of basic democratic forms was highly compressed in time. Third there were (and are), in most countries, no major ideological or programmatic cleavages. Thus the bases around which contending political forces might organize are not immediately clear. This may affect the outlook for partisanship and mobilization. There has been no synoptic, comparative study of these developments on a region-wide scale. This book fills the gap extremely well.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134184347
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/27/2006
Series:	Routledge Studies in Globalisation
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Ian Marsh

Table of Contents

1. Introduction Part 1: Representation 2. Political Culture 3. Asian Values 4. Political Parties Part 2: Governance 5. Executives 6. Bureaucracies 7. Economic Governance Part 3: Regionalisation Economic Regionalism 9.Japan as a Template Part 4: Conclusion 10.Democratisation, Regionalisation and State Capacity in East and South East Asia

Editorial Reviews

'This collection of essays explores comparatively the development of central institutions of governance in the emerging democracies of East and SE Asia: Taiwan; Korea; Thailand; Singapore; Malaysia; Indonesia; and the Philippines.'

- Oxfam's Development Resources Review

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