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Author Kane, John

Title Political Legitimacy in Asia : New Leadership Challenges
Published Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (295 pages)
Series Palgrave series on Asian governance
Palgrave series on Asian governance.
Contents Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Reclaiming Legitimacy in Postrevolutionary China: Bringing Ideology and Governance Back In; 3 Political Legitimacy in Vietnam under Challenge; 4 The Struggle for Political Legitimacy in Thailand; 5 Political Legitimacy in Indonesia: Islam, Democracy, and Good Governance; 6 Legitimacy in Malaysia: Dilemmas and Deficits; 7 The Political Legitimacy of the PAP Government in Singapore; 8 From Coup d'état to "Disciplined Democracy" in Burma: The Tatmadaw's Claims to Legitimacy
9 Legitimacy Deficit in Japan: The Road to True Popular Sovereignty10 Political Legitimacy in an Unconsolidated Democratic Order: The Philippines; 11 Political Legitimacy in South Korea; 12 Democratization as a Legitimacy Formula: The KMT and Political Change in Taiwan; 13 Justice and the Problem of International Legitimacy; Contributors; Index
Summary This book explores the challenges and obstacles faced by dissident leaders in Asia seeking to introduce reforms into regimes that are either imperfectly democratic or frankly hostile to democratic practices and institutions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Legitimacy of governments -- Asia
Political structures: democracy -- Asia.
Constitution: government & the state -- Asia.
Political leaders & leadership -- Asia.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
Politics and Government.
Legitimacy of governments
Politics and government
SUBJECT Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87003817
Subject Asia
Form Electronic book
Author Loy, Hui-Chieh
Patapan, Haig
ISBN 9781137001474
113700147X
1283361388
9781283361385