East Asia's new democracies : deepening, reversal, non-liberal alternatives / edited by Yin-wah Chu and Siu-lun Wong.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 East Asia's new democracies: an introduction / Yin-Wah Chu and Siu-Lun Wong -- 2 Social and political developments in China: challenges for democratization / Jude Howell -- 3 Civil society and democracy-making in Taiwan: reexamining the link / Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao and Ming-Sho Ho -- 4 The bottom-up nature of Korean democratization: civil society, anti-Americanism and popular protest / Bruce Comings -- 5 Modernization theory's last redoubt: democratization in East and Southeast Asia / Mark R. Thompson -- 6 Development and change in Korean democracy since the democratic transition in 1987: the Three Kims' politics and after / Hyug-Baeg Im -- 7 Thailand's conservative democratization / Kevin Hewison -- 8 Democracy and disorder: will democratization bring greater regional instability to East Asia? / Amitav Acharya -- 9 Democracy's double edge: financing social policy in industrial East Asia / Joseph Wong -- 10 Devolution and democracy: a fragile connection / Ledivina volume Cariño -- 11 Rule of law and democracy: lessons for China from Asian experiences / Randall Peerenboom -- 12 Group rights and democracy in Southeast Asia / Chua Beng Huat -- 13 Diagnosing the micro foundation of democracy in Asia: evidence from the AsiaBarometer survey, 2003-2008 / Satoru Mikami and Takashi Inoguchi.

"This collection brings us up-to-date on the contemporary situations in the new democracies of East Asia, and debates on the prospect of introducing liberal democracy to this part of the world. The chapters cover a wide range of cases, including in-depth examination of China, Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, and broad comparisons of Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, and other countries." -- Publisher.