Votes, Party Systems and Democracy in Asia (Politics in Asia) - Hardcover

Choi, Jungug

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415690692 ISBN 13: 9780415690690

Publisher: Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

This book looks at the link between voters and political party systems in Asian democracies, focusing on India, Indonesia, Korea and the Philippines. It discusses this link in terms of three distinct elements: the formation of voters preferences, the translation of preferences into votes, and the translation of votes into seats. The book goes on to discuss how far the general rules of political party systems and their underlying causal mechanisms such as strategic voting are apparent in these Asian democracies. In particular, it explores the extent to which electoral rules and social structural variables affect the process of transforming preferences into a political party system within the context of Asian politics.The extensive areas covered by the book overcome the traditional sub-regional division of Asia, namely, East, Southeast and South Asia.

About this title

About the Author:

Jungug Choi is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Konkuk University, in Seoul, Korea.  He is the author of Governments and Markets in East Asia (Routledge, 2006).

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0415690692
• ISBN 13: 9780415690690
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 168