Democratization in Southeast and East Asia / edited by Anek Laothamatas. - Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1997 - x, 272 p. ; 23 cm.

Index. Based on the Conference on Rapid Economic Growth and Democratization in East and Southeast Asia, held in 1994, in Singapore, sponsored by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

Development and democratization: a theoretical introduction with reference to the Southeast Asian and East Asian cases -- Democratization: the case of Indonesia's new order -- Democracy and authoritarianism in Malaysia since 1957: class, ethnicity, and changing capitalism -- Philippine democracy: promise and performance -- Economic development and political change -- Making of thai democracy -- Myanmar democratization: punctuated equilibrium or retrograde motion? -- Liberalization and democratization in Taiwan: a class and functional perspective -- Economic dimensions of democratization in South Korea.

9813055316 (softcover) 9747100347 (Thailand ed.: pbk.)


Democracy--Congresses--East Asia
Democracy--Congresses--Asia, Southeastern
Democratization
Asia, Southeastern--Politics and government--Congresses--1945-
Asia, Southeastern--Economic conditions--Congresses
East Asia--Economic conditions--Congresses
East Asia--Politics and government--Congresses

320.959 / D383 1997