Political Parties and Democracy

Political Parties and Democracy: Volume III: Post-Soviet and Asian Political Parties is the third volume in this five-volume set. It offers clearly written up-to-date coverage of post-Soviet and Asian political parties from the unique perspective of distinguished indigenous scholars who have lived the truths they tell and thus write with unique breadth depth and scope. Presented in two parts this volume overviews post-Soviet parties then discusses the realities on the ground in Georgia Moldova Russia and Ukraine. Likewise the book offers an introduction to Asian political parties followed by chapters on China India Japan Malaysia and South Korea. Throughout contributors explore the relationship between political parties and democracy (or democratization) in their respective nations providing necessary historical socioeconomic and institutional context and clarifying the balance of power among partiesand between them and competing agencies of powertoday.