1st Edition

Votes, Party Systems and Democracy in Asia

By Jungug Choi Copyright 2012
368 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book looks at the link between voters and political party systems in Asian democracies, focusing on India, Indonesia, Korea and the Philippines. It discusses this link in terms of three distinct elements: the formation of voters preferences, the translation of preferences into votes, and the translation of votes into seats. The book goes on to discuss how far the general rules of political... Read more

Part 1: Society, Institutions and Party Systems: Institutionalism vs. Political Sociology  1. Issues and Approaches in the Literature on Party Systems of Asia  2. Social Structure, District Magnitude, and Parliamentary Party Systems: Indonesia  3. Social Structure, Institutions, and Presidential Party Systems: the Philippines  Part 2: Translation of Preferences into Votes  4. Strategic Voting in Presidential Elections: Korea  5. Strategic Voting in Parliamentary Elections: India   6. Theorizing of Strategic Coalition: India  Part 3: New Issues and Perspectives  7. Institutional Interaction in Mixed Electoral Systems: Korea  8. A New Innovative Perspective on the Party System: A Critique of Institutional Determinism 

Biography

Jungug Choi is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Konkuk University, in Seoul, Korea.  He is the author of Governments and Markets in East Asia (Routledge, 2006).