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Democracy
and Democratization in East Asia: Myth or Reality
by
Christian
Schafferer
Modern
East Asia Vol. 1, No. 3
(August 2002) |
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Content
At
the end of the 20th century, a large number of states
democratised. This global wave of democratisation has been the issue of
numerous academic discussions. The results of these various analyses,
however, have only vaguely explained the true forces behind the
political developments in (South) East Asia. In this paper, the common
and indigenous causes of democratisation in the region's five new
democracies, South Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia, Thailand and the
Philippines, will be pinpointed. Moreover, current obstacles to the
consolidation of (South) East Asia's democratic achievements will be
examined.
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