Parties and Parliaments in Southeast Asia : Non-Partisan Chambers in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand

ISBN-13: 9780415629324 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 272 str.

Roland Rich

Opis

Within a few years the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia implemented designs for parliamentary representation that proscribed the established political parties from a parliamentary chamber. Using these countries as case studies, this book traces the historical context for institutional designs.

Spis treści

1. A New Institutional Design Option 2. Theoretical and Methodological Considerations 3. Institutional Design in Context 4. The Philippines: a Legislative Voice for the Marginalised 5. Thailand: Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? The Senate! 6. Indonesia: Political Representation in a Disparate Archipelago 7. Comparative Analysis: Yearning for Exemplary Representatives 8. Conclusions: The Limits of Institutional Design

O autorze

Roland Rich is Executive Head of the United Nations Democracy Fund and Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University.