Populism in Asia
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Populism in Asia
(Kyoto CSEAS series on Asian studies, 2)
NUS Press in association with Kyoto University Press, Japan, c2009
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"... conference focusing on populism in Asia. This session took place a year later in March 2008 with the title 'Populism in Asian Clothes: Thailand and Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspectives'. Most of the chapters in this volume were presented at this session."--P. xi
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Description and Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
- 1 Populism in Southeast Asia(Estrada and the Populist Temptation in the Philippines;Thaksin’s Populism;Democracy and Populism in Thailand;Thaksin Shinawatra and Mass Media;The Ends of Populism:Mahathir’s Departure and Thaksin’s Overthrow ほか)
- 2 Populism in Northeast Asia(A Populist with Obsolete Ideas:The Failure of Roh Moo‐hyun;Populism and Nationalism in Taiwan:The Rise and Decline of Chen Shui‐bian;Neoliberal Populism in Japanese Politics:A Study of Prime Minister Koizumi in Comparison with President Reagan)
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Across Asia, 'populist' leaders emerged on an unprecedented scale around the start of the 21st century. ""Populism in Asia"" is the first book to examine this phenomenon. The 1997 Asian financial crisis undermined established political leaders and stirred popular discontent. Voters in East Asia responded by electing maverick politicians who promised to target corruption and establish fresh agendas. In Southeast Asia, populist leaders based their appeal on the frustrations and aspirations of groups excluded from political power. Leaders who came to office during this period include Thaksin Shinawatra in Thailand, Joseph 'Erap' Estrada in the Philippine, Roo Moo-hyun in South Korea, Chen Shui-bian in Taiwan and Jun'ichiro Koizumi in Japan. Local politicians in Indonesia likewise adopted a populist stance, as did Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in Malaysia. In the present volume, leading Asian scholars consider the many faces of contemporary populism in the region, analyzing the phenomenon through case studies of political leaders with populist credentials and using these accounts to evaluate the achievements and failings of democracy. Benedict Anderson provides a reflective afterword. Despite its allure, populism has not been a success in Asia. Populist leaders are in retreat across the region and their fall can be spectacular, as in the Philippines and Thailand. However, the editors of this collection argue that populism will recur because Asia's oligarchic political systems do not fulfil the imagined role of the state as a provider of well-being, citizenship rights and equality.
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