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The cultural construction of politics in Asia

Title
The cultural construction of politics in Asia / edited by Hans Antlöv and Tak-Wing Ngo.
Publication
Richmond, Surrey : Curzon, 2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Antlöv, Hans.
  • Ngo, Tak-Wing, 1962-
Description
viii, 263 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Democracy in Asia ; no. 2
Uniform Title
Democracy in Asia ; no. 2.
Subject
  • Since 1945
  • Politics and culture > Asia
  • Democracy > Asia
  • 89.53 political culture
  • Democracy
  • Politics and government
  • Politics and culture
  • Demokratisierung
  • Kulturwandel
  • Democratie
  • Politieke cultuur
  • Asia > Politics and government > 1945-
  • Asia
  • Asien
Genre/Form
Congresses (form)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-259) and index.
Contents
1. Politics, culture and democracy in Asia / Hans Antlov and Tak-Wing Ngo -- 2. Democracy, civil war and the demise of the 'Trias Politica' in Sri Lanka / Peter Kloos -- 3. Dominant party democracy and the politics of electoral reform in Japan / Kazuki Iwanaga -- 4. Development and democracy in Malaysia: a comment on its socio-historical roots / Shamsul A.B. -- 5. Principled and unprincipled democracy: the Chinese approach to evaluation and election / Borge Bakken -- 6. Social values and consensual politics in colonial Hong Kong / Tak-Wing Ngo -- 7. Democracy in India -- a historical perspective -- 8. Good governance -- democracy or 'Minzhu'? / Geir Helgesen and Li Xing -- 9. 'Demokrasi Pancasila' and the future of ideology in Indonesia / Hans Antlov -- 10. Afterword: on cultures and contexts / Laurence Whitehead.
ISBN
  • 0700706127
  • 9780700706129
LCCN
98130398
OCLC
  • ocm43993204
  • 43993204
  • SCSB-964340
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library