Towards Illiberal Democracy
Authors: Bell, D., Brown, D., Jayasuriya, K., Jones, D.
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This book challenges the view that liberal democracy is the inevitable outcome of economic modernization. Focusing on the stable and prosperous societies of Pacific Asia, it argues that contemporary political arrangements are legitimised by the values of hierarchy, familism and harmony. An arrangement that clearly contrasts with a western understanding of political liberalism and the communicatory democracy it facilitates. Instead of political change resulting from a demand for autonomy by interest groups in civil society, the adoption of democratic practice in Asia ought to be viewed primarily as a state strategy to manage socio-economic change.
- About the authors
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DANIEL A. BELL
DAVID BROWN
KANISHKA JAYASURIYA
DAVID MARTIN JONES
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Understanding Illiberal Democracy: A Framework
Pages 1-16
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Democracy in Confucian Societies: The Challenge of Justification
Pages 17-40
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Democracy and Identity: The Paradoxical Character of Political Development
Pages 41-77
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Democratization and the Myth of the Liberalizing Middle Classes
Pages 78-106
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The Political Economy of Democratization
Pages 107-133
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Towards Illiberal Democracy
- Authors
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- D. Bell
- D. Brown
- K. Jayasuriya
- D. Jones
- Series Title
- St Antony's Series
- Copyright
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-230-37641-0
- DOI
- 10.1057/9780230376410
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-333-61399-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VII, 197
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