Asian Democracy in World History

Taking a comparative approach, Alan T. Wood traces the evolution of democracy from its origins in prehistoric times and describes democratic growth in thirteen Asian countries from Japan in East Asia to Pakistan in South Asia and examines key issues such as:

* How does the democratic experience in Asia, in countries with unique and totalitarian political traditions, compare with democracies worldwide?
* Is the aspiration to freedom universal or is it a product of western ideas and institutions?

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The rise of democracy in Europe; Chapter 3 Post-war democracies in Asia; Chapter 4 Later democracies in East Asia; Chapter 5 Later democracies in Southeast Asia; Chapter 6 Fragile democracies in South Asia; Chapter 7 Conclusion;

About the author

Alan T. Wood is Professor of History at the University of Washington, Bothell. He has lived and studied in Asia for many years, and is the author of Limits to Autocracy: From Sung Neo-Confucianism to a Doctrine of Political Rights (1995) and What Does It Mean to be Human? A New Interpretation of Freedom in World History (2001).

Summary

Taking a comparative approach, Alan T. Wood traces the evolution of democracy from its origins in prehistoric times and describes democratic growth in thirteen Asian countries from Japan to Pakistan and examines key issues.

Product details

• Authors: Alan T Wood, Alan T. Wood, Wood Alan T.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.11.2003
• EAN: 9780415229432
• ISBN: 978-0-415-22943-2
• No. of pages: 136
• Weight: 226 g
• Illustrations: Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Themes in World History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; History, Asia, 20th Century, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Archaeology, Asian History, General and world history, History and Archaeology