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Presidents, Assemblies and Policy-making in Asia

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Yuko Kasuya

    1. Keio University, Japan

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Yuko Kasuya
    Pages 1-9

  3. A Framework for Analysing Presidential-Legislative Relations in Asia

    • Yuko Kasuya
    Pages 10-39

  4. Presidentialism in Korea: A Strong President and a Weak Government

    • Yuki Asaba
    Pages 40-58

  5. Afghanistan’s Strong President and Weak Parties

    • Yuko Kasuya, John Kendall
    Pages 59-88

  6. Trading Compromises: Interaction of Powers in the Philippine Presidential System

    • Takeshi Kawanaka
    Pages 89-106

  7. Presidential Strength and Party Leadership in Taiwan

    • Mitsutoyo Matsumoto
    Pages 107-133

  8. Strong President and Vulnerable Political System in Sri Lanka

    • Hiroki Miwa
    Pages 134-155

  9. President Restrained: Effects of Parliamentary Rule and Coalition Government on Indonesia’s Presidentialism

    • Koichi Kawamura
    Pages 156-193

  10. Conclusion: Lessons from the Study of Asian Presidentialism

    • Yuko Kasuya
    Pages 194-203

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 204-209
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The authors assess the constitutional and partisan powers of Asian presidents, and analyse how they are used in actual policy-making processes. Country case studies on Afghanistan, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan analyze how their constitutional and partisan powers are used in actual policy-making processes.

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  • Keio University, Japan

    Yuko Kasuya

About the editor

YUKO KASUYA is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan and Assistant Professor at Yamaguchi Prefectural University in Yamaguchi, Japan. She has published articles in Keio Journal of Politics, Party Politics and Electoral Studies.

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