Parliaments and Political Change in Asia
Parliaments and Political Change in Asia

Author: Clemens Jürgenmeyer

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9789812302731

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This study of the national parliaments of India, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea, and Thailand is inspired by four major theoretical discourses: neo-institutionalism, parliamentarianism versus presidentialism, majoritarian versus consensus democracy, and transition theory. The book examines the specific role of parliaments in political decision-making, regime change, democratization, and consolidation of democracy in a comparative perspective. It argues that parliaments play a greater part in the political decision-making than is often asserted and that there is no cogent causal relationship between parliamentary performance and system of government.

Votes, Party Systems and Democracy in Asia
Votes, Party Systems and Democracy in Asia

Author: Jungug Choi

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2012-04-27

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1136466770

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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.

The Architecture of Democracy
The Architecture of Democracy

Author: Andrew Reynolds

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 0199246459

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This text discusses the successes and failures of constitutional design. Chapters analyse the effect of presidential and parliamentary systems, federalism and autonomy, and electoral systems.

Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia
Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia

Author: Aurel Croissant

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-12-26

Total Pages: 453

ISBN-13: 3319681826

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This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the political systems of all ASEAN countries and Timor-Leste from a comparative perspective. It investigates the political institutions, actors and processes in eleven states, covering democracies as well as autocratic regimes. Each country study includes an analysis of the current system of governance, the party and electoral system, and an assessment of the state, its legal system and administrative bodies. Students of political science and regional studies will also learn about processes of democratic transition and autocratic persistence, as well as how civil society and the media influence the political culture in each country.

Building Party Systems in Developing Democracies
Building Party Systems in Developing Democracies

Author: Allen Hicken

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-01-12

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0521885345

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Hicken analyzes the formation of nationally oriented political parties in democracies and its variation across countries using a theory of aggregation incentives.

Philippine Security in the Age of Terror
Philippine Security in the Age of Terror

Author: Rommel Banlaoi

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2009-10-13

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1439815518

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As the twelfth most populous nation, the Philippines diverse religious and ethnic population makes it an ideal example of the changing tenet of what is deemed national security post 9/11. Issues previously considered social or public are now viewed as security issues. Food production is now analyzed in the context of food security and environmenta