1st Edition
Parties and Parliaments in Southeast Asia Non-Partisan Chambers in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand
By Roland Rich
Copyright 2013
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Political parties are an essential ingredient in a modern democracy. They are also seen as the least trusted and most problematic institution in most democratic systems. While there have been attempts to strengthen parties through institutional design and capacity building, a new strategy has been to quarantine them from parts of parliament. Within the space of a few years the Philippines,... Read more
1. A New Institutional Design Option 2. Theoretical and Methodological Considerations 3. Institutional Design in Context 4. The Philippines: a Legislative Voice for the Marginalised 5. Thailand: Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? The Senate! 6. Indonesia: Political Representation in a Disparate Archipelago 7. Comparative Analysis: Yearning for Exemplary Representatives 8. Conclusions: The Limits of Institutional Design
Biography
Roland Rich is Executive Head of the United Nations Democracy Fund and Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University.
