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Informationen zum Autor JOHN KANE is Professor, Department of Politics and Public Policy, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. HAIG PATAPAN is Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Public Policy, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. BENJAMIN WONG is Assistant Professor, Policy and Leadership Studies Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Klappentext This book studies ten dissident democratic leaders in Asia to show their vital role in democratic transformations. These explorationsof their political struggles reveal the powerful challenges and dangers that dissidents face, especially in learning to manage and negotiate the ambiguities and tensions of democratic leadership itself. Zusammenfassung This book studies ten dissident democratic leaders in Asia to show their vital role in democratic transformations. These explorationsof their political struggles reveal the powerful challenges and dangers that dissidents face! especially in learning to manage and negotiate the ambiguities and tensions of democratic leadership itself. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Challenge of Democratic Leadership; J. Kane and H. Patapan Lee Kuan Yew: Dissident Democrat or Pragmatic Prince?; S. McCarthy Dissident Thaksin?; T. Pongsudhirak Anwar Ibrahim: Semi-dissident; Semi-democrat; M. Weiss Sam Rainsy and the Sam Rainsy Party: Configuring Opposition Politics in Cambodia; K. Un Koizumi Junichiro: The Iconoclast who Remade Japanese Politics; P. Er Lam Ninoy and Cory Aquino: Restoring Democracy to the Philippines; J. Kane Abdurrahman Wahid: the Maverick Dissident Democrat; B. Subianto Lee Teng-hui and Taiwanese Democracy; N. Wu Kim Dae-Jung: Democratic Dissident and Democratic Practitioner; S. Chull Kim Aung San Suu Kyi: Gandhian Dissident Democrat ; Z. Oo Dissident Democrats: Themes and Lessons; J. Kane, H. Patapan and B. Wong
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The Challenge of Democratic Leadership; J. Kane and H. Patapan Lee Kuan Yew: Dissident Democrat or Pragmatic Prince?; S. McCarthy Dissident Thaksin?; T. Pongsudhirak Anwar Ibrahim: Semi-dissident; Semi-democrat; M. Weiss Sam Rainsy and the Sam Rainsy Party: Configuring Opposition Politics in Cambodia; K. Un Koizumi Junichiro: The Iconoclast who Remade Japanese Politics; P. Er Lam Ninoy and Cory Aquino: Restoring Democracy to the Philippines; J. Kane Abdurrahman Wahid: the Maverick Dissident Democrat; B. Subianto Lee Teng-hui and Taiwanese Democracy; N. Wu Kim Dae-Jung: Democratic Dissident and Democratic Practitioner; S. Chull Kim Aung San Suu Kyi: Gandhian Dissident Democrat ; Z. Oo Dissident Democrats: Themes and Lessons; J. Kane, H. Patapan and B. Wong
