Towards Illiberal Democracy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333613993)

This book challenges the view that liberal democracy is the inevitable outcome of economic modernization. Focusing on the stable and prosperous societies of Pacific Asia, it argues that contemporary political arrangements are legitimised by the values of hierarchy, familism and harmony. An arrangement that clearly contrasts with a western understanding of political liberalism and the communicatory democracy it facilitates. Instead of political change resulting from a demand for autonomy by interest groups in civil society, the adoption of democratic practice in Asia ought to be viewed primarily as a state strategy to manage socio-economic change.

Author: s. Bell,D. Brown,K. Jayasuriya
ISBN-10: 0333613996
ISBN-13: 9780333613993
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 08/14/1995
Pages: 197
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d