Politics in Southeast Asia: Democracy or Less

ISBN-13: 9780700716357 / Twarda / 2002 / 328 str.

Malaysia) William (University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus

Opis

This volume provides an introduction to the politics of the five key southeast Asian states - Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines - and is intended as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students.

Spis treści

1. Comparing Politics in Southeast Asia 2. Indonesia: Perpetuating and changing a pseudo-democracy 3. Singapore: A stable semi-democracy 4. Malaysia: Semi-democracy with strain points 5. Thailand: An unconsolidated democracy 6. The Philippines: Stable, but low quality democracy 7. Southeast Asia: Uncovering state elites and the business connection

O autorze

William Case is senior lecturer in the School of International Business, Griffith University, Australia. He has taught at the University of Texas, the MARA University of Technology in Malaysia, the Australian National University, and the Australian Defence Force Academy. He has written extensively on electoral authoritarianism and semi- and pseudo-democracies in Southeast Asia.