Meaning of Democracy in Southeast Asia - Liberalism, Egalitarianism and Participation

This Element contributes to existing research with an analysis of public understandings of democracy based on original surveys fielded in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. It conceptualises democracy as consisting of liberal, egalitarian and participatory ideals, and investigates the structure of public understandings of democracy in the five countries. It then proceeds to identify important relationships between conceptions of democracy and other attitudes, such as satisfaction with democracy, support for democracy, trust in institutions, policy preferences and political behaviour. The findings suggest that a comprehensive analysis of understandings of democracy is essential to understand political attitudes and behaviours.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Democracy in Southeast Asia; 3. Conceptualizing and measuring the meaning of democracy; 4. Structure and implications of the meaning of democracy; Conclusions; References.

Summary

This Element contributes to existing research with an analysis of public understandings of democracy based on original surveys fielded in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. The findings suggest that a comprehensive analysis of understandings of democracy is essential to understand political attitudes and behaviours.

Foreword

Conceptions of democracy have implications for democratic legitimacy and political behavior.

Product details

• Authors: Diego Fossati, Diego (City University of Hong Kong) I Co Fossati, Fossati Diego, Ferran Martinez i Coma
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781108977661
• ISBN: 978-1-108-97766-1
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, South East Asia, Political structures: democracy, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Political structures / systems: democracy