Author : Stephen McCarthy
Release : 2020-03-17
Genre : Political Science
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Governance and Democracy in the Asia-Pacific - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Governance and Democracy in the Asia-Pacific write by Stephen McCarthy. This book was released on 2020-03-17. Governance and Democracy in the Asia-Pacific available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores the theoretical and empirical relationship between democracy and governance in the Asia-Pacific region. Examining a variety of country cases and themes addressing the theoretical tension between governance and democracy, it illuminates how this impacts political and civil societies across the region. Analysing the character, structure and current trajectories of polities in the Asia-Pacific, democratic or otherwise, this book demonstrates that the role of civil society, political society and governance has significantly differed in practice from what has been commonly assumed within the international community. The book includes both theoretical investigations tracing the modern development of the concepts of governance, development and democratization as well as regional and country-specific observations of major issues, presenting comprehensive country-level studies of China, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Fiji and the Solomon Islands. Presenting fascinating insight into non-democratic governance, civil society and the rule of law in illiberal contexts, Governance and Democracy in the Asia-Pacific will prove to be of great use to students and scholars of Asian politics and society, as well as international and comparative politics.