Routledge handbook of Asian parliaments

Author(s)

• Yap, Po Jen
• Abeyratne, Rehan

Bibliographic Information

Routledge handbook of Asian parliaments

edited by Po Jen Yap and Rehan Abeyratne

（Routledge international handbooks）

Routledge, 2023

• : hbk

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This handbook showcases the rich varieties of legislatures that exist in Asia and explains how political power is constituted in 17 jurisdictions in East, Southeast and South Asia. Legislatures in Asia come in all stripes. Liberal democracies co-exist cheek by jowl with autocracies; semi-democratic and competitive authoritarian systems abound. While all legislatures exist to make law and confer legitimacy on the political leadership, how representative they are of the people they govern differs dramatically across the continent, such that it is impossible to identify a common Asian prototype. Divided into thematic and country-by-country sections, this handbook is a one-stop reference that surveys the range of political systems operating in Asia. Each jurisdiction chapter examines the structure and composition of its legislature, the powers of the legislature, the legislative process, thereby providing a clear picture of how each legislature operates both in theory and in practice. The book also thematically analyses the following political systems operating in Asia: communist regimes, liberal democracies, dominant party democracies, turbulent democracies, presidential democracies, military regimes and protean authoritarian rule. This handbook is a vital and comprehensive resource for scholars of constitutional law and politics in Asia.

Table of Contents

Contributors 1 Parliaments in Asia: Introduction Po Jen Yap and Rehan Abeyratne PART I Thematic Chapters 2 Communist regimes Po Jen Yap and Chen Yu-Jie 3 Liberal democracies Chien-Chih Lin 4 Dominant party democracies Po Jen Yap and Marcus Teo 5 Turbulent democracies Rehan Abeyratne 6 Presidential democracies Bjoern Dressel and Fakhridho Susilo PART II Jurisdiction Chapters 7 The Parliament ( Jatiya Sangsad) of Bangladesh M Jashim Ali Chowdhury 8 The National Assembly and Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia Benjamin Lawrence 9 The National People's Congress in China Sun Ying 10 The Legislative Council of Hong Kong Eric Chan 11 The Parliament and State Legislatures of India M Mohsin Alam Bhat 12 The Legislatures of Indonesia Simon Butt and Tim Lindsey 13 The Japanese Diet Shigenori Matsui 14 The Parliament of Malaysia Wong Chin Huat 15 The Legislature (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw) of Myanmar Richard Roewer and Han Htoo Khant Paing 16 The Parliament of Pakistan Mariam Mufti 17 The Congress of the Philippines Bryan Dennis G Tiojanco and Ronald Ray K San Juan 18 The Parliament of Singapore Eugene KB Tan 19 The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Sang-Un Park 20 The Parliament of Sri Lanka Dinesha Samararatne 21 The Legislative Yuan of Taiwan Yen-Tu Su 22 The Legislative Assembly of Thailand Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang and Aua-aree Engchanil 23 The National Assembly of Vietnam Ngoc Son Bui Index

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Details

• NCID: BD02273757
• ISBN:
  • 9780367624231
• LCCN: 2022046511
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 428 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JQ33
  • DC23 : 320.45
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Legislative bodies -- Asia
  • LCSH : Representative government and representation -- Asia
  • LCSH : Asia -- Politics and government -- 21st century
  • LCSH : Comparative government
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA75177945