Title: Presidents, assemblies and policy-making in Asia /
Authors: Kasuya, Yuko, 1968-
Year: 2013
Subjects: Presidents Asia.; Legislative bodies Asia.; POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Process General.; POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy General.; POLITICAL SCIENCE Government National.; Central national federal government Asia.; Constitution: government & the state Asia.; Constitution: government & the state.; Legislative bodies; Political structures: democracy.; Politics and government; Politics and Government.; Politics and Government.; Presidents; Regional government policies.; Asia Politics and government
Abstract: Which Asian presidents are 'stronger' in terms of their constitutional and partisan authorities? How do they use these authorities to advance their policy agendas? This book answers these questions and is one of the first and most comprehensive analyses of Asia's presidential and semi-presidential democracies. To develop a baseline, it measures the 'strength' of the Asian presidents with regards to their constitutional and partisan powers. Using this two-dimensional strength measure as a common framework, country study chapters on Afghanistan, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan analyze how their constitutional and partisan powers are used in actual policy-making processes.
Contents: A Framework for Analyzing Presidential-Legislative Relations in Asia / Yuko Kasuya -- Presidentialism in Korea: A Strong President and a Weak Government / Yuki Asaba -- Afghanistan's Strong President and Weak Parties / Yuko Kasuya & John Kendall -- Trading Compromises: Interaction of Powers in the Philippine Presidential System / Takeshi Kawanaka -- Presidential Strength and Party Leadership in Taiwan / Mitsutoyo Matsumoto -- Strong President and Vulnerable Political System in Sri Lanka / Hiroki Miwa -- President Restrained: Effects of Parliamentary Rule and Coalition Government on Indonesia's Presidentialism / Koichi Kawamura -- Conclusion: Lessons from the Study of Asian Presidentialism / Yuko Kasuya.