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DEMOCRACY OR ALTERNATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS IN ASIA IBD

ROUTLEDGE
12 / 2013
9780415677257
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Sinopsis

This book tacklesáthe important issue ofáwhat happened to AsiaâÇÖs political systems after the fall of various political strongmen? It is generally assumed that once strongmen who dictateáa nationsâÇÖ politics with a dictatorial or authoritarian fashion fall, the political landscapeáthen drastically changes and the prospects for democracy comesáin a matter of time. As the contributors of this book show, the stories were not so simple and straightforward in the contexts of Northeast and Southeast Asia. Democratic governance is only one of the three possible and feasible outcomes, the other two outcomes are either a weakening/ unstable political leadership or a sustained authoritarian system.