The Politics Of Democratization

Introduction -- Theoretical Overview -- Democratization: Generalizing the East Asian Experience -- Japan -- Democratization, Peace, and Economic Development in Occupied Japan, 1945-1952 -- Japan's Foreign Policy and Asian Democratization -- New Directions in Japanese Foreign Policy: Promoting Human Rights and Democracy in Asia- ODA Perspective -- Korea -- Making Democracy: Generalizing the South Korean Case -- Uncertain Promise: Democratic Consolidation in South Korea -- Hong Kong -- Decolonization Without Democracy: The Birth of Pluralistic Politics in Hong Kong -- Taiwan -- Toward Peaceful Resolution of Mainland-Taiwan Conflicts: The Promise of Democratization -- Political Liberalization and the Farmers' Movement in Taiwan -- China -- Problems of Democratic Reform in China -- Social and Cultural Prerequisites of Democratization: Generalizing from China -- Conclusion