Political Legitimacy in Asia [electronic resource] : New Leadership Challenges /
Kane, J.editor.
Loy, H.editor.
Patapan, H.editor.
This book explores the challenges and obstacles faced by dissident leaders in Asia seeking to introduce reforms into regimes that are either imperfectly democratic or frankly hostile to democratic practices and institutions.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Reclaiming Legitimacy in Postrevolutionary China: Bringing Ideology and Governance Back In; 3 Political Legitimacy in Vietnam under Challenge; 4 The Struggle for Political Legitimacy in Thailand; 5 Political Legitimacy in Indonesia: Islam, Democracy, and Good Governance; 6 Legitimacy in Malaysia: Dilemmas and Deficits; 7 The Political Legitimacy of the PAP Government in Singapore; 8 From Coup d'état to "Disciplined Democracy" in Burma: The Tatmadaw's Claims to Legitimacy
9 Legitimacy Deficit in Japan: The Road to True Popular Sovereignty10 Political Legitimacy in an Unconsolidated Democratic Order: The Philippines; 11 Political Legitimacy in South Korea; 12 Democratization as a Legitimacy Formula: The KMT and Political Change in Taiwan; 13 Justice and the Problem of International Legitimacy; Contributors; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book explores the challenges and obstacles faced by dissident leaders in Asia seeking to introduce reforms into regimes that are either imperfectly democratic or frankly hostile to democratic practices and institutions.
Ethnology-Asia.
Asia-Politics and government.
Democracy.
Social sciences.
Political science.
Asian Culture.
Asian Politics.
Democracy.
Social Sciences, general.
Political Science.