Presidentialism and Democracy in East and Southeast Asia

ISBN-13: 9781032075112 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 192 str.

Opis

Presidentialism and Democracy in East and Southeast Asia examines the impact of presidential systems on democracies and its contributions to presidentialism debates will be of interests to students and scholars of comparative politics while it also offers detailed analysis of the presidency in these East and Southeast Asian cases.

Spis treści

List of tables. Preface and acknowledgements. List of contributors. Presidentialism and democracy in East and Southeast Asia: Between resilience and regression. South Korea: Presidentialism in historical and sociological perspective. The Philippines: Imperiled and imperious presidents (but not perilous presidentialism). Indonesia: Presidential politics and democratic regression. Indonesia: Tales of presidentialization. Taiwan: The limited but beneficial role of semi-presidentialism. Timor-Leste: Semi-presidentialism and the tribulations of a new democracy. Myanmar: Hybrid presidentialism and democratic breakdown. Index.