1st Edition
Rethinking Parties in Democratizing Asia
1. Introduction: Taking a Second Look at Asian Political Parties
Julio C. Teehankee, Rey C. Padit and Jung Hoon Park
2. In the Name of Minjoo: Roles of Pro-Democracy Parties in Democratic Transition and Progress in South Korea
Jung Hoon Park
3. The Effects of the Changing National Identity of the Taiwanese People on the Party Politics of Taiwan
Tommy Chung-yin Kwan
4. Party Politics, Unexpected Democratization, and Hopeful Consolidation in Mongolia
Delgerjargal Uvsh
5. Electoral Rules Effect: Explaining the Party System Stability in Democratic Indonesia
Noory Okthariza
6. Neither Poorly Organized, Nor Well Established: Conceptualizing and Exploring the
Dynamics of Moderately Institutionalized Hybrid Party System in Malaysia
Muhamad M.N. Nadzri
7. Party-Movement Interaction in a Contested Democracy: The Philippine Experience
Arjan Aguirre
8. Transforming Ethno-Regional Parties in Northeast India
V. Bijukumar
9. Sri Lanka’s Bipolarized Multiparty System: Democratizing the Selection of Rulers, not their Rule
Pradeep Peiris
10. Conclusion: Movements, Parties, and Asian Democracies Against the Odds
Julio C. Teehankee
Biography
Julio C. Teehankee is Professor of Political Science and International Studies at De La Salle University, Philippines.
Christian Echle is the Head of Department for Asia and the Pacific, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Germany.
