1. Politics, culture and democracy in Asia / Hans Antlov and Tak-Wing Ngo -- 2. Democracy, civil war and the demise of the 'Trias Politica' in Sri Lanka / Peter Kloos -- 3. Dominant party democracy and the politics of electoral reform in Japan / Kazuki Iwanaga -- 4. Development and democracy in Malaysia: a comment on its socio-historical roots / Shamsul A.B. -- 5. Principled and unprincipled democracy: the Chinese approach to evaluation and election / Borge Bakken -- 6. Social values and consensual politics in colonial Hong Kong / Tak-Wing Ngo -- 7. Democracy in India - a historical perspective -- 8. Good governance - democracy or 'Minzhu'? / Geir Helgesen and Li Xing -- 9. 'Demokrasi Pancasila' and the future of ideology in Indonesia / Hans Antlov -- 10. Afterword: on cultures and contexts / Laurence Whitehead
Notes
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-259) and index