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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.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Political structure & processes

• Full title: Towards Illiberal Democracy
• Author: Daniel A. Bell, David Brown, Kanishoka Jayasuriya, David Martin Jones
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 197
• EAN: 9780333613993
• ISBN: 0333613996
• ID: 04596121
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Weight: 415 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 14. August 1995

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