Governance and Democracy in the Asia-Pacific

<p>This book explores the theoretical and empirical relationship between democracy and governance in the Asia-Pacific region. Examining a variety of country cases and themes addressing the theoretical tension between governance and democracy it illuminates how this impacts political and civil societies across the region. </p><p>Analysing the character structure and current trajectories of polities in the Asia-Pacific democratic or otherwise this book demonstrates that the role of civil society political society and governance has significantly differed in practice from what has been commonly assumed within the international community. The book includes both theoretical investigations tracing the modern development of the concepts of governance development and democratization as well as regional and country-specific observations of major issues presenting comprehensive country-level studies of China Singapore Thailand Cambodia the Philippines Myanmar Fiji and the Solomon Islands. </p><p>Presenting fascinating insight into non-democratic governance civil society and the rule of law in illiberal contexts <i>Governance and Democracy in the Asia-Pacific </i>will prove to be of great use to students and scholars of Asian politics and society as well as international and comparative politics.</p>