TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bridges,Brian
AU  - Ho,Lok-sang
TI  - Public governance in Asia and the limits of electoral democracy
SN  - 9781848446281 (hbk.)
AV  - JQ36 PUB 
PY  - 2009///
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Asia
KW  - Representative government and representation
KW  - Case studies
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Democracy and governance / Lok Sang Ho and Brian Bridges -- Public governance and the ideal of government for the people / Lok Sang Ho -- Beyond electoral democracy : promoting good governance in East Asia / Baohui Zhang -- Political reform and democratization in China under the leadership of Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao / Yiu-chung Wong -- Japan : political longevity and troubled governance / Brian Bridges -- Governance in federal India : democracy and economic development / Eric M. Jepsen -- A short history of Taiwan's democracy movement / Byron S.J. Weng -- Democratization in Hong Kong / Joseph Y.S. Cheng -- Democracy and governance in Singapore : the sustainability of Singapore's political system / Lay Hwee Yeo -- A long and winding road : democratization in Korea / Brian Bridges -- Democracy, governance, and regime cycling in Thailand / William Case -- Challenging the transitologist approach : Myanmar's troubled democratization process / Paul Chi-yuen Chan and Simon Shen -- From Marcos to Arroyo--what went wrong for democracy in the Philippines? / James A. Rice -- Conclusions: Towards more effective and better governance / Brian Bridges and Lok Sang Ho
ER  -