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This book determines why current Asian democracies have become less stable and less resilient to increasing authoritarianism. It will be of interest in the field of political science, comparative politics, IR, East/Southeast Asia Regional Studies, sociology, public policy, economics, & social science.
List of contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Preface
1 The State of Democracy
WONBIN CHO
2 Women’s Descriptive and Substantive Representation in East and Southeast Asia
NAM KYU KIM
3 East Asians’ Understanding of Democracy: How Income Inequality Prioritizes Components of Democracy
KUYOUN CHUNG
4 Democratic Competition and Welfare Development in East Asia: Case Studies on Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore
YUNMIN NAM
5 Uncommon Democracy of Japan: Consolidated or Pseudo Democracy?
SEONGJO KIM
6 Grassroots Democracy as a Social Base for Pro-poor Outcomes in Vietnam
YONG KYUN KIM
7 The Perceived Quality of Democracy and Political Support in Taiwan
SU-JEONG KANG
8 Indonesia: Democratic Procedure and Muslim Democracy
KYUNGHEE CHOI
9 Assessing the Quality of Democracy in India: With Special References to Rule of Law, Participation, Competition
RAJIV KUMAR
10 A Refined Model of Contingent Consent: Explaining Popular Support for Singapore’s People’s Action Party
TERENCE C. LEE AND KAY KEY TEO
11 Taiwan’s Democracy at Multiple Crossings: Clashes of Partisanship, Generations, Classes, and Social Values
MIN-HUA HUANG
12 The “Chinese-style” Political System in the Xi Jinping Era: From Neo-authoritarianism to Quasi-totalism
JUNG-NAM LEE
13 Myanmar’s Broken Democracy “Disciplined” by the Military: Analysis on the Quality of Procedure in Fledging Democracy
YOUNG-HWAN SHIN
Index
About the author
Kuyoun Chung is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Kangwon National University, South Korea.
Wonbin Cho is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy at Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea.
Summary
This book determines why current Asian democracies have become less stable and less resilient to increasing authoritarianism. It will be of interest in the field of political science, comparative politics, IR, East/Southeast Asia Regional Studies, sociology, public policy, economics, & social science.
