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1 online resource (278 pages) |
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Politics in Asia |
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Politics in Asia series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Democratization in China, Korea, and Southeast Asia?; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Diverse routes to democracy: an introduction; Part I Variety among Asian democracies and democratizations; 2 South Korean democracy in light of Taiwan; 3 Taiwan's democratization and mainland China's future; 4 Strategic hypocrisy: sovereignty, legitimacy, and commerce in archipelagic Southeast Asia; 5 Democracy and inequality in Thailand: the rise of the Red Shirts |
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Part II Constitutional and legal proto-democratic changes in China6 The local factor in China's intra-party democracy; 7 Why does China's reform start in the provinces? De facto federalism and its limits; 8 Law and democracy in China: a complex relationship; 9 Suing the government in China; 10 Petitioning as policy making: Chinese rural tax reform; Part III Proto-democratization in Chinese civil society; 11 The fragmented state in action: the production and governance of art districts in Beijing; 12 China invests overseas: does the strong state help China's outbound investment? |
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13 All the news, all the politics: sophisticated propaganda in capitalist-authoritarian China14 Chinese nationalism reconsidered-or, a case for historicizing the study of Chinese politics; 15 How the internet is changing China; Index |
| Summary |
Rapid economic pluralization in East Asia has empowered local and medial groups, and with this change comes the need to rethink usual notions regarding ways in which ""democracies"" emerge or ""citizens"" gain more power. Careful examination of current developments in China, Korea, and Southeast Asia show a need for expansion of our understandings of democracy and democratization. This book challenges traditional ways in which political regimes in local as well as national polities are conceived and labeled. It shows from Asian experiences that democracy and its precursors come in more forms t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Democratization -- China
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Democratization -- Korea (South)
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Democratization -- Southeast Asia
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Democratization
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Politics and government
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Demokratie
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Demokratisierung
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Gesellschaft
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Politik
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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Korea (South) -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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Southeast Asia -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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China
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Korea (South)
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Southeast Asia
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China
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Ostasien
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Südostasien
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rigger, Shelley
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White III, Lynn T
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| ISBN |
9781134512140 |
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1134512147 |
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