From development to democracy [electronic resource] : the transformations of modern Asia

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서명/저자사항	From development to democracy [electronic resource]: the transformations of modern Asia / Dan Slater, Joseph Wong.
개인저자	Slater, Dan, 1971- author. Wong, Joseph, 1973- author.
발행사항	Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022
형태사항	1 online resource (xi, 348 p.) : Illustrations
ISBN	0691231079 9780691231075
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	Cover -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Democracy through Strength -- 2. Shaping Developmental Asia -- 3. Japan: Asia's First Democratic Developmental State -- 4. Taiwan: The Exemplar of Democracy through Strength -- 5. South Korea: Democracy in Fits and Starts -- 6. China to 1989: Too Weak to Concede -- 7. Developmental Militarism: Reversible Exits -- 8. Developmental Britannia: Embittered Authoritarianism -- 9. Developmental Socialism: Dominance and Democracy Avoidance -- Conclusion: Democracy's Universality and Vulnerability -- Notes -- References -- Index
요약	Why some of Asia's authoritarian regimes have democratized as they have grown richer--and why others haven'tOver the past century, Asia has been transformed by rapid economic growth, industrialization, and urbanization--a spectacular record of development that has turned one of the world's poorest regions into one of its richest. Yet Asia's record of democratization has been much more uneven, despite the global correlation between development and democracy. Why have some Asian countries become more democratic as they have grown richer, while others--most notably China--haven't? In From Development to Democracy, Dan Slater and Joseph Wong offer a sweeping and original answer to this crucial question.Slater and Wong demonstrate that Asia defies the conventional expectation that authoritarian regimes concede democratization only as a last resort, during times of weakness. Instead, Asian dictators have pursued democratic reforms as a proactive strategy to revitalize their power from a position of strength. Of central importance is whether authoritarians are confident of victory and stability. In Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan these factors fostered democracy through strength, while democratic experiments in Indonesia, Thailand, and Myanmar were less successful and more reversible. At the same time, resistance to democratic reforms has proven intractable in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Reconsidering China's 1989 crackdown, Slater and Wong argue that it was the action of a regime too weak to concede, not too strong to fail, and they explain why China can allow democracy without inviting instability.The result is a comprehensive regional history that offers important new insights about when and how democratic transitions happen--and what the future of Asia might be.
주제명(지명)	Asia --Politics and government.
일반주제명	Democracy --Asia. Politics and culture --Asia. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics.
분류기호(DDC)	320.95
언어	영어
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