The politics of democratization : generalizing East Asian experiences
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The politics of democratization : generalizing East Asian experiences
（Transitions : Asia and Asian America）
Westview Press, 1994
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780813318059
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A collection which explores democratic transitions in East Asia and argues against the standard wisdom that European value-systems and socioeconomic traditions are essential for democracy to succeed.
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: pbk ISBN 9780813322650
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Highlighting the centrality of political crafting and institution building, this timely collection explores democratic transitions in East Asia, arguing against the conventional wisdom that Western value systems and middle class economies are essential for democracy to succeed. }This timely collection explores democratic transitions in East Asia, arguing against the standard wisdom that European or Christian value systems and socioeconomic forces are essential for democracy to succeed. Instead the contributors convincingly illustrate that political institutions and broad political coalitions, which can be built anywhere by skilled politicians, are keys to consolidating a democratic breakthrough. An exploration of the East Asian experience reveals truths about Western democratization that are usually obscured by popular Western mythologies. This partnership of U.S. and Asian scholars offers the first systematic effort to bring East Asia into the democratization debate in a way that compels one to rethink the politics of democratization everywhere. The book therefore is a crucial contribution for all those interested in the broader issues of transitions to democracy. }
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- (Edward Friedman.)
- Theoretical Overview
- Democratization: Generalizing the East Asian Experience
- (E. Friedman.)
- Japan
- Democratization, Peace, and Economic Development in Occupied Japan, 19451952
- (Masanori Nakamura.)
- Japans Foreign Policy and Asian
- Democratization
- (David Arase.)
- New Directions in Japanese Foreign Policy: Promoting Human Rights and Democracy in AsiaODA Perspective
- (Yasunobu Sato.)
- Korea
- Making Democracy: Generalizing the South Korean Case
- (Tun-jen Cheng and Eun Mee Kim.)
- Uncertain Promise: Democratic Consolidation in South Korea
- (Heng Lee.)
- Hong Kong
- Decolonization Without Democracy: The Birth of Pluralistic Politics in Hong Kong
- (Ming K. Chan.)
- Taiwan
- Toward Peaceful Resolution of Mainland-Taiwan Conflicts: The Promise of Democratization
- (Hung-mao Tien.)
- Political Liberalization and the Farmers Movement in Taiwan
- (Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao.)
- China
- Problems of Democratic Reform in China
- (Su Shaozhi.)
- Social and Cultural Prerequisites of Democratization: Generalizing from China
- (Stephen Manning.)
- Conclusion
- (E. Friedman.).
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