Routledge Handbook of Democratization in East Asia (Paperback)

Tun-jen Cheng

ISBN 10: 0367581140 / ISBN 13: 9780367581145

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, 2020

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Paperback. This handbook provides a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics and prospects of democratization in East Asia. A team of leading experts in the field offers discussion at both the country and regional level, including analysis of democratic attitudes and movements in China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Evaluating all the key components of regime evolution, from citizen politics to democratic institutions, the sections covered include: Regional Trends and Country Overviews Institutions, Elections, and Political Parties Democratic Citizenship Democratic Governance The Political Economy of DemocratizationExamining the challenges that East Asian emerging democracies still face today, as well as the prospects of the region's authoritarian regimes, the Routledge Handbook of Democratization in East Asia will be useful for students and scholars of East Asian Politics, Comparative Politics, and Asian Studies. This handbook provides in-depth analysis of the dynamics of democratization in East Asia. 30 leading experts in the field examine the interaction between domestic and external factors that shape democratic transition, define the challenges emerging democracies face today, and influence the democratic prospects of the region's auth Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Routledge Handbook of Democratization in East Asia (Paperback)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367581140
• ISBN 13: 9780367581145
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This handbook provides a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics and prospects of democratization in East Asia. A team of leading experts in the field offers discussion at both the country and regional level, including analysis of democratic attitudes and movements in China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Evaluating all the key components of regime evolution, from citizen politics to democratic institutions, the sections covered include:

• Regional Trends and Country Overviews

• Institutions, Elections, and Political Parties

• Democratic Citizenship

• Democratic Governance

• The Political Economy of Democratization

Examining the challenges that East Asian emerging democracies still face today, as well as the prospects of the region's authoritarian regimes, the Routledge Handbook of Democratization in East Asia will be useful for students and scholars of East Asian Politics, Comparative Politics, and Asian Studies.

About the Author

Tun-jen Cheng holds the Class of 1935 Chair Professorship in the Government Department at the College of William and Mary, USA.

Yun-han Chu is Distinguished Research Fellow of the Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica and Professor of Political Science at the National Taiwan University.