Parties and Parliaments in Southeast Asia - Non-Partisan Chambers in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand

Informationen zum Autor Roland Rich is Executive Head of the United Nations Democracy Fund and Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University. Klappentext Using Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand as case studies, this book traces the historical context for institutional designs, the intentions behind them and their implementation through at least one full parliamentary term. It investigates the conceptual architecture of the non-partisan designs, identifying corporatism as one (discredited) alternative and "championship" as another. Zusammenfassung Using Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand as case studies, this book traces the historical context for institutional designs, the intentions behind them and their implementation through at least one full parliamentary term. It investigates the conceptual architecture of the non-partisan designs, identifying corporatism as one (discredited) alternative and "championship" as another. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. A New Institutional Design Option 2. Theoretical and Methodological Considerations 3. Institutional Design in Context 4. The Philippines: a Legislative Voice for the Marginalised 5. Thailand: Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? The Senate! 6. Indonesia: Political Representation in a Disparate Archipelago 7. Comparative Analysis: Yearning for Exemplary Representatives 8. Conclusions: The Limits of Institutional Design

Product details

• Authors: Roland Rich, Roland (Australian National University) Rich, Rich Roland
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.08.2012
• EAN: 9780415629324
• ISBN: 978-0-415-62932-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, South East Asia, Political structure & processes, Political structure and processes