1st Edition
Political Change in South-East Asia Trimming the Banyan Tree
By Michael R.J Vatikiotis
Copyright 1996
246 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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Political Change in South-East Asia takes up the debate between those who resist the pressure for democracy and point to unchanging 'Asian' values, and those who believe that the appeal of democracy is universal. The author examines the case for both sides and concludes that the strong state will be a fixture of South-East Asian politics for some considerable time to come. Increasingly close... Read more
Prologue; Chapter 1 Recovering Tradition; Chapter 2 Deus Ex Impera; Chapter 3 Differing on Democracy; Chapter 4 Core Values or Elitist Cores; Chapter 5 The Religious Challenge to Authority; Chapter 6 Coming Together; Epilogue;
Biography
Michael R.J.Vatikiotis is currently Bangkok bureau chief of the Far Eastern Economic Review.
