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Title The people's representatives : electoral systems in the Asia-Pacific region / edited by Graham Hassall & Cheryl Saunders
Published St. Leonards, NSW, Australia : Allen & Unwin, 1997

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Description vi, 265 pages ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Introduction: Systems of Representation in Asia-Pacific Constitutions - A Comparative Analysis /Graham Hassall -- 2. The Cult of Fatung: Representational Manipulation and Reconstruction in Taiwan / Jiunn-rong Yeh -- 3. Choosing Representatives: Singapore Does It Her Way / Thio Li-ann -- 4. Choosing a New System of Representation for New Zealand / David Bradshaw -- 5. The Choosing of Representatives in Korea / Dai-Kwon Choi -- 6. Back to the Future: Panchayats and Governance in India /Rajeev Dhavan and Ruchi Pant -- 7. The Electoral System of Chinese People's Deputies / Li Qixin and Xie Manhua -- 8. Representative Democracy and the Role of the Member of Parliament: The Sri Lankan Experience /Rohan Edrisinha -- 9. The Structural Weaknesses of Representation in Macau / Jorge Costa Oliveira and Arnaldo Goncalves -- 10. The Case of Voting in the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly / Satya Arinanto -- 11. Anti-Hopping Laws: The Malaysian Experience / Tommy Thomas
12. Anti-Defection Law in India / Anil Divan -- 13. The Japanese Constitution and Representative Democracy / Akira Osuka -- 14. The Constitution and Representative Democracy in Bangladesh / Amir ul-Islam -- 15. Democracy and Representation in the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau / Yash Ghai -- 16. Nepal's Experiment in Representation / Ganesh Raj Sharma
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 250-258
Subject Representative government and representation -- Asia.
Legislative bodies -- Asia.
Representative government and representation -- Pacific Area.
Legislative bodies -- Pacific Area.
SUBJECT Asia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008623
Pacific Area -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116487
Author Hassall, Graham.
Saunders, Cheryl.
LC no. 97157910
ISBN 1864482583
Other Titles Electoral systems in the Asia-Pacific region