Author

Contributions

  • Bell, Daniel - Contributor

Publication

1995 - St. Martin's Press, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England

Language

English

Word Count

49,250 words, Guess

Page Count

197 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100333613996
  • ISBN-100312126867
  • ISBN-139780333613993
  • ISBN-139780312126865
  • Goodreads178294', '2770557
and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number95004169
  • Better World Books9780312126865
  • Open LibraryOL1272833M

Classifications

  • DDC320.95/09182/3
  • LCCJQ1499.A91 T68 1995
  • LCCJQ1499.A91T68 1995

Description

This book challenges the view that liberal democracy is the inevitable outcome of economic modernization. Focusing on the high-performing Asian economies, it argues that contemporary political systems are legitimated by the values of hierarchy, familism and harmony, by contrast with the Western understanding of political liberalism and the communicatory democracy it facilitates. Instead of political change resulting from a demand for autonomy on the part of interest groups in civil society, the adoption of democratic practices ought to be viewed primarily as a state strategy to manage socio-economic change.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Towards illiberal democracy in Pacific AsiaSt. Martin's Press1995-01-01

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