Book chapter
Semi-Presidentialism and Democratic Development in East Asia
Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy, pp.117-133
Palgrave Macmillan
2011
Abstract
East Asia contains three of the world’s youngest semi-presidential democracies: Mongolia, Taiwan, and East Timor. In addition to having a semipresidential constitutional structure, each of these countries also represents a relatively unusual case of democratization: Taiwan is one of East Asia’s famous “tiger” economies and the world’s only Sinitic democracy, but faces an ongoing crisis of nationhood; Mongolia is one of the few unambiguous examples of a successful transition to democracy and a market economy in the postcommunist world; while East Timor is both East Asia’s poorest nation and its newest democracy. As such, each represents an important test case for assessing the effect of semi-presidentialism upon democratic development.
Details
- Title
- Semi-Presidentialism and Democratic Development in East Asia
- Authors/Creators
- B. Reilly (Author/Creator)
- Contributors
- Robert Elgie (Editor)Sophia Moestrup (Editor)Yu-Shan Wu (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy, pp.117-133
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan; New York
- Identifiers
- 991005540615507891
- Copyright
- The Author
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Management and Governance
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publisher URL
- http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/semipresidentialism-and-democracy-robert-elgie/?K=9780230242920
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