The Politics of Elections in Southeast Asia (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 324.959053 EAN: 9780521564434 ISBN: 0521564433 Label: Cambridge University Press Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 272 Publication Date: 1996-07-13 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Studio: Cambridge University Press
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Editorial Reviews: Though most governments in Southeast Asia are widely described as authoritarian, elections have been a feature of politics in the region for many decades. This volume, bringing together eleven separate studies by leading authorities, examines the countries that have conducted multi-party elections since the 1940s and 1950s -- Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Burma/Myanmar, and Singapore. It identifies the common and distinguishing features of electoral politics in the region. The contributors to this volume, unlike most earlier students of politics in Southeast Asia, conclude that it is not something peculiar to the political culture of the region that shapes its political behavior. It is, rather, the same political forces and structures that shape politics in North America and Europe.