Globalization And Democratization In Asia

Author : Kristina Jonsson,Catarina Kinnvall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134473236

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Globalization and Democratization in Asia by Kristina Jonsson,Catarina Kinnvall Pdf

Globalization is a defining feature of our times, covering everything from economic and political issues to the spread of American culture. Its status is controversial, however with some viewing it as leading to greater development for all, while others see it as a threat to national cultures and democratic political life. This book shows how simplified such binary views are, and examines how various globalizing forces have affected Asian societies. It discusses the relationship between globalization, identity and democratic developments in Asia both theoretically and empirically, and aims to understand how economic, political and social forces interact and are mutually reinforced in Asian societies.

Author : Chantana Banpasirichote Wungaeo,Boike Rehbein,Surichai Wun'gaeo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137576545

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Globalization and Democracy in Southeast Asia by Chantana Banpasirichote Wungaeo,Boike Rehbein,Surichai Wun'gaeo Pdf

This book questions why Southeast Asian nation states are struggling to adopt full-fledged liberal democracy and attempts to better understand the relationship between globalization and models of democracy. Country studies are covered mostly by native Southeast Asian scholars who analyse recent developments as well as specific concerns that have arisen from political crises, citizen uprisings, ethnic identity politics, political reforms, social justice and inequality, and the persistence of the political elite. The collection highlights factors which have impacted the different regional and national paths taken such as: the legacy of the Cold War, rapid economic development and liberalization, external economic globalization, the important role of informal politics, powerful elites, and weak but emerging middle classes. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of regional studies of Southeast Asia, Democracy, Sociology, Politics and Globalization Studies.

Author : Francis Loh Kok Wah,Joakim Öjendal
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 9789812303240

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Southeast Asian Responses to Globalization by Francis Loh Kok Wah,Joakim Öjendal Pdf

It is now apparent, especially in the aftermath of the regional financial crisis of 1997, that globalization has been impacting upon the Southeast Asian economies and societies in new and harrowing ways, a theme of many recent studies. Inadvertently, these studies of globalization have also highlighted that the 1980s and 1990s debate on democratization in the region – which focused on the emergence of the middle classes, the roles of new social movements, NGOs and the changing relations between state and civil society – might have been overly one-dimensional. This volume revisits the theme of democratization via the lenses of globalization, understood economically, politically and culturally. Although globalization increasingly frames the processes of democracy and development, nonetheless, the governments and peoples of Southeast Asia have been able to determine the pace and character – even the direction of these processes – to a considerable extent. This collection of essays (by some distinguished senior scholars and other equally perceptive younger ones) focuses on this globalization–democratization nexus and shows, empirically and analytically, how governance is being restructured and democracy sometimes deepened in this new global era. A historical review introduces the volume while an analytical assessment of the ten case-studies concludes it.

Author : Robert P. Weller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134291090

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Civil Life, Globalization and Political Change in Asia by Robert P. Weller Pdf

Academics and policy makers have grown increasingly interested in the ways that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) may encourage better governance, democratic politics, and perhaps ultimately a global civil society. In Civil Life, Globalization and Political Change in Asia, Robert Weller has brought together an international group of experts on the subject, whose chapters address these questions through a series of extensive case studies from East and Southeast Asia including Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam.

Author : Robert W. Compton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2000-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313002915

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East Asian Democratization by Robert W. Compton Pdf

It may be tempting to view political development and democratization in East Asia from a global view and conclude that the contours of democracy will converge throughout the world. However, a close examination of the cultural and economic development of Asian societies suggests a contrary picture. The story of Asia is one of political and economic survival, in which political elites sought to legitimate their authority through the use of both traditional and modern symbols. Traditional communitarian values and the modern symbols of economic growth and materialism coexist in Asian political systems. The stability and legitimacy of Asian governments depend on the ability of political elites to balance these symbols. As globalization proceeds, the standard traditional and modern symbols have waned in their effectiveness. Therefore, democracy as a symbol and practice can provide new sources of legitimacy to these political systems. Compton's Asian political development model is tested with quantitative indicators and through a series of case studies. The three case studies—Japan, South Korea, and Thailand—build on each other through a rigorous historical comparison. While the case studies themselves are interesting, he makes connections to the model and tests the congruence of these cases to the model, and concludes that the model's validity is predicated on the internal environment, including culture and economy. Of particular interest to scholars, students, and researchers involved with comparative and Asian politics, political development, and political culture.

Author : F. Quadir,J. Lele
Publisher : Springer
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230523753

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Democracy and Civil Society in Asia: Volume 1 by F. Quadir,J. Lele Pdf

This edited volume brings together a number of well-known scholars and activists from various parts of the world to present critical perspectives on recent and long term trends in the economic, socio-cultural and political life of the people of Asia and examines the policies and constraints faced by the nation-states of the region. It contributes to and enriches the current debates on globalization, the prospects for democracy, and sustainable human development. The book offers an incisive assessment of the role of civil society in creating a democratic political culture in Asia.

Author : Becky Shelley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Democratization
ISBN : OCLC:300385631

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Democratic Development in East Asia by Becky Shelley Pdf

Author : Ian Marsh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134184347

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Democratisation, Governance and Regionalism in East and Southeast Asia by Ian Marsh Pdf

This new collection of essays compares the development of central institutions of governance in the emerging democracies of East and South East Asia. Seven key countries are covered: Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Save for Singapore and Malaysia, all have democratized over the past decade. Because of its constitutive implications for citizen identities, democratization is arguably of even greater potential significance than the economic take-off that preceded it. But there are distinctive features that give the experience of these seven states especial relevance. First, unlike analogous western patterns, democratic transitions in Asia have been top-down in character. Second, the implementation of basic democratic forms was highly compressed in time. Third there were (and are), in most countries, no major ideological or programmatic cleavages. Thus the bases around which contending political forces might organize are not immediately clear. This may affect the outlook for partisanship and mobilization. There has been no synoptic, comparative study of these developments on a region-wide scale. This book fills the gap extremely well.

Author : Tun-jen Cheng,Yun-han Chu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317559252

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Routledge Handbook of Democratization in East Asia by Tun-jen Cheng,Yun-han Chu Pdf

This handbook provides a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics and prospects of democratization in East Asia. A team of leading experts in the field offers discussion at both the country and regional level, including analysis of democratic attitudes and movements in China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Evaluating all the key components of regime evolution, from citizen politics to democratic institutions, the sections covered include: • Regional Trends and Country Overviews • Institutions, Elections, and Political Parties • Democratic Citizenship • Democratic Governance • The Political Economy of Democratization Examining the challenges that East Asian emerging democracies still face today, as well as the prospects of the region's authoritarian regimes, the Routledge Handbook of Democratization in East Asia will be useful for students and scholars of East Asian Politics, Comparative Politics, and Asian Studies.

Author : Chung-in Moon,Jongryn Mo
Publisher : 연세대학교출판부
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Democracy
ISBN : UCSD:31822033251554

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Democratization and Globalization in Korea by Chung-in Moon,Jongryn Mo Pdf

Author : Gilbert Rozman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000360165

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Democratization, National Identity and Foreign Policy in Asia by Gilbert Rozman Pdf

How can democratization move forward in an era of populist-nationalist backlash? Many countries in Asia, and elsewhere, face the challenge of navigating between China and the United States in a period of intensifying polarization in their policies tied to democracy. East Asia has shown the way to democratization in Asia—with Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan linking national identity to democratization. In other parts of Asia, especially Southeast Asia, nationalist governments have tended to move away from democratization, as happened in Hong Kong at China’s insistence. This book investigates how national identity can both help and hinder democratization, illustrated by a series of examples from across Asia. A valuable guide for students and scholars both of democratization and of Asian politics.

Author : Vincent Kelly Pollard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351932950

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Globalization, Democratization and Asian Leadership by Vincent Kelly Pollard Pdf

The foreign policies of presidents, prime ministers and their foreign secretaries can be influenced by the preferences of domestic and international nongovernmental actors, as well as those of other governments. Representative democracy, media power, citizen activism and the globalization of politics and telecommunications, for example, have accelerated changes in the sharing of power. This book focuses on the Philippines and Japan where, willingly and unwillingly, foreign policy executives share power with individuals and groups inside and outside of government bureaucracies and their societies. The book retells the foreign policy narratives of regional cooperation, military relations and official development assistance (foreign aid), revealing how executive foreign policy makers and civil society organizations share power - and succeed or fail - in a globalizing, democratizing world. A variety of published, unpublished and declassified sources provide journalists, scholars, government practitioners and global citizens with a sophisticated understanding of the domestic politics of foreign policy making, as well as its intergovernmental and transnational side.

Author : Jim Dator,Richard C. Pratt,Yongseok Seo
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0824829506

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Fairness, Globalization, and Public Institutions by Jim Dator,Richard C. Pratt,Yongseok Seo Pdf

Who benefits from the interconnected processes often referred to as globalization? Is it a relatively few people, with most others either being harmed or at least not helped? Are the good things that globalization produces, whatever they are, widely shared? What processes lead us in one direction or another? This book examines a key dimension of globalization: its fairness. It investigates the meaning of and role fairness plays when public institutions are faced with the challenges and opportunities of globalization. Here a distinguished group of contributors, including both academics and practitioners, focuses on East and Southeast Asia, but the relevance of the issues discussed extends well beyond these regions. They present a broad-ranging examination of the intersections between fairness, globalization, and public institutions. Contributors: Doug Allen, Walt T. Anderson, Ron Brown, Jim Dator, Jingping Ding, Christopher Grandy, Sohail Inayatullah,Yong-duck Jung, Martin Khor, Yoshiko Kojo, Le Van Anh, Ivana Milojevic, Ryo Oshiba, Edgar A. Porter, Dick Pratt, Fred Riggs, James Rosenau,Yongseok Seo, Chanto Sisowath, Shunichi Takekawa.

Author : Daniel Christopher Lynch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006-07-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015064753125

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Rising China and Asian Democratization by Daniel Christopher Lynch Pdf

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Author : Chaiʻanan Samutwanit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Democracy
ISBN : UCSD:31822033263385

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Thailand by Chaiʻanan Samutwanit Pdf