Ethnic Politics and Democracy in Taiwan and Malaysia
Author: Pai-Ming Chiu
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 356
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European Perspectives on Taiwan
Author: Jens Damm
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-02-23
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 3531943030
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe initiative and leadership for this edited volume came from the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) based in Brussels. The book discusses questions related to the different European perspectives on Taiwan in various fields, asking, in particular: How has the European Union dealt with the unsolved status of the Republic of China on Taiwan? In which ways has Europe been seen as a model for Taiwan’s transformation, and, does the example of the EU offer any lessons for cross-Strait integration? Furthermore, the authors, well-known specialists drawn from disciplines, such as, economics, political science, international law, history, and cultural studies, are equally interested in Taiwan’s perspectives on Europe and in the historical relationship between Taiwan and Europe.
Participation without Democracy
Author: Garry Rodan
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2018-05-15
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 1501720120
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver the past quarter century new ideologies of participation and representation have proliferated across democratic and non-democratic regimes. In Participation without Democracy, Garry Rodan breaks new conceptual ground in examining the social forces that underpin the emergence of these innovations in Southeast Asia. Rodan explains that there is, however, a central paradox in this recalibration of politics: expanded political participation is serving to constrain contestation more than to enhance it. Participation without Democracy uses Rodan’s long-term fieldwork in Singapore, the Philippines, and Malaysia to develop a modes of participation (MOP) framework that has general application across different regime types among both early-developing and late-developing capitalist societies. His MOP framework is a sophisticated, original, and universally relevant way of analyzing this phenomenon. Rodan uses MOP and his case studies to highlight important differences among social and political forces over the roles and forms of collective organization in political representation. In addition, he identifies and distinguishes hitherto neglected non-democratic ideologies of representation and their influence within both democratic and authoritarian regimes. Participation without Democracy suggests that to address the new politics that both provokes these institutional experiments and is affected by them we need to know who can participate, how, and on what issues, and we need to take the non-democratic institutions and ideologies as seriously as the democratic ones.
Dissertation Abstracts International
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 644
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDemocracy and Social Peace in Divided Societies
Author: M. Bogaards
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-06-24
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 1137433175
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis unique comparative study examines minority representation and powersharing in Canada, Kenya, South Africa, Fiji, India, Malaysia, and Yugoslavia. Presenting a new concept of the 'consociational party', Bogaards explores how diversity differs within parties and why it matters for social peace and democracy.
The Cultural Logic of Politics in Mainland China and Taiwan
Author: Tianjian Shi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 1107011760
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book uses surveys, statistics, and case studies to explain why and how cultural norms affect political attitudes and behavior.
The Roots of Resilience
Author: Meredith L. Weiss
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2020-08-15
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 1501750054
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn The Roots of Resilience Meredith L. Weiss examines governance from the ground up in the world's two most enduring electoral authoritarian or "hybrid" regimes—Singapore and Malaysia—where politically liberal and authoritarian features blend, evading substantive democracy. Weiss explains that while key attributes of these regimes differ, affecting the scope, character, and balance among national parties and policies, local machines, and personalized linkages, the similarity in the overall patterns in these countries confirms the salience of those dimensions. The Roots of Resilience shows that high levels of authoritarian acculturation, amplifying the political payoffs of what parties and politicians actually provide their constituents, explain why electoral turnover alone is insufficient for real regime change in either state.
China-Malaysia Relations and Foreign Policy
Author: Razak Abdullah
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-08-11
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1317571975
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, paid an official visit to China in May 1974, it secured Malaysia a place in the annals of regional diplomatic history as the first ASEAN country to establish full diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China. This book analyses the process of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China, and provides a detailed explanation and understanding of the decision- making process in Malaysia. Shedding light on the roles played by the various principal actors in the process of foreign policy formulation and the influences - both internal and external – that shaped Malaysia’s behaviour, the book highlights why Malaysia decided to pursue a policy of normalisation with China, culminating in the visit in 1974, and in particular why it became the first ASEAN country to establish diplomatic relations with the Chinese. After Malaysia’s recognition of Beijing, two other ASEAN states followed suit, namely Thailand and the Philippines, and the book discusses whether there was some degree of policy coordination amongst ASEAN countries in dealing with China, or if both these countries gave way for Malaysia to be the first. The book also looks at the policy debates within some ASEAN countries regarding relations with China, either conducted officially or unofficially, bilaterally or otherwise. This book will be of interest to scholars of Asian Politics, Asian History, International Relations and Foreign Policy.
Assessing the Lee Teng-hui Legacy in Taiwan's Politics
Author: Bruce Dickson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-09-16
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 1315290391
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 12 years of Lee Teng-hui's presidency were marked by a series of contrary trends such as progress in the consolidation of Taiwan's democracy, and periodic conflicts with China. This book assesses the complex legacy of Lee Teng-hui by looking at his accomplishments and setbacks.
Power Sharing in a Divided Nation
Author: Johan Saravanamuttu
Publisher: Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.
Published: 2017-03-09
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9814762938
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book argues that Malaysia's electoral politics have historically been premised on a hybridized model of communalism and consociationalism. Beyond this it posits a newer idea of power sharing based on the dynamic and transformative practice of mediated communalism through six decades (1952-2016) of electoral politics. The strategy of mediating communalism is critically explored throughout the book, serving to test its saliency as a distinct approach to power sharing in a social formation which is ethnically, religiously and regionally divided, yet has remained remarkably and tenuously integrated throughout Malaysia's electoral history. The book delves into this question by narrating and theorizing the complexity of communal politics leading to the emergence of new politics which have attempted to put Malaysia on the track of further democratization. It is further implied that new politics has to work in tandem with mediated communalism to transcend the most deleterious effects of an ethnically divided society.
