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Democracy or Alternative Political Systems in Asia: After the Strongmen book cover

1st Edition

Democracy or Alternative Political Systems in Asia After the Strongmen

Edited By Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao Copyright 2014
224 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge
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From the 1980s onwards, a tide of democratization swept across the Asian region, as the political strongmen who had led since the end of World War II began to fall. Although it is generally assumed that once authoritarian leaders no longer hold power, the political landscape will drastically change and the democratic transition will simply be a matter of time, this book shows that the move... Read more

Part I: Overview 1. After the Strongmen: The Beginning of Democracy in Asia? Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao and L. C. Russell Hsiao 2. Personalist Leadership Styles and Legacies: A Comparative Survey of East and Southeast Asian Nations, Laurence Whitehead Part II: Northeast Asia 3. Taiwan’s Democratization after the Strongmen: Leadership Matters, Chih-Cheng Lo 4. After Chun Doo-Hwan: Progress of Democratization and Residue of Authoritarianism in South Korea, Jong- Yil Ra 5. China after Deng Xiaoping: The Search for a Non-Democratic Development Model, Steve Tsang Part III: Southeast Asia 6. Unchanged after Changes: The Philippines after Marcos, Samuel C. Y. Ku 7. Malaysia after Mahathir: Late Democratization Amidst Development, the Strong Developmental State and Developmentalism, Francis Kok-Wah Loh 8. Indonesia’s Quest for a Democratic Culture: Pluralism, Tolerance and Rule of Law, 1998-2013, Suhardiyoto Harydi and Peter Carey 9. Rise and Fall of Thaksin Shinawatra and the New Politics in Thailand, Hugh Pei-Hsiu Chen

Biography

Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao is Distinguished Research Fellow and Director of the Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.

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