Parties and parliaments in Southeast Asia
Subtitle: non-partisan chambers in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand
By: Roland Rich
Series: Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series -- 50
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780415629324; 9780203097779
Subjects: Politics and government; Representative government and representation; Case studies; Political parties; Democracy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A new institutional design option; title: Theoretical and methodological considerations; title: Institutional design in context; title: The Philippines: a legislative voice for the marginalised; title: Thailand: Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? the senate!; title: Indonesia: political representation in a disparate archipelago; title: Comparative analysis: yearning for exemplary representatives; title: Conclusions: the limits of institutional design.