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Title The cultural construction of politics in Asia / edited by Hans Antlöv and Tak-Wing Ngo
Published Richmond, [England] : Curzon, 2000

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Description viii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Series Democracy in Asia ; no. 2
Democracy in Asia ; no. 2
Contents 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 Includes index
Published on behalf of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-259) and index
Subject Politics and culture -- Asia.
Democracy -- Asia.
SUBJECT Asia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008606 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850
Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87003817
Author Antlöv, Hans.
Ngo, Tak-Wing, 1962-
Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.
LC no. 98130398
ISBN 0700706127