Dissident Democrats
The Challenge of Democratic Leadership in Asia
Will be published approx. on 1. July 2008
Book
Hardback
324 pages
978-0-230-60266-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book studies ten dissident democratic leaders in Asia to show their vital role in democratic transformations. These explorationsof their political struggles reveal the powerful challenges and dangers that dissidents face, especially in learning to manage and negotiate the ambiguities and tensions of democratic leadership itself.
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Series
Edition
2008
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Illustrations
324 p.
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 146 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
488 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-60266-3 (9780230602663)
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Persons
JOHN KANE is Professor, Department of Politics and Public Policy, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
HAIG PATAPAN is Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Public Policy, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
BENJAMIN WONG is Assistant Professor, Policy and Leadership Studies Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
HAIG PATAPAN is Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Public Policy, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
BENJAMIN WONG is Assistant Professor, Policy and Leadership Studies Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Content
The Challenge of Democratic Leadership; J. Kane and H. Patapan Lee Kuan Yew: Dissident Democrat or Pragmatic Prince?; S. McCarthy Dissident Thaksin?; T. Pongsudhirak Anwar Ibrahim: Semi-dissident; Semi-democrat; M. Weiss Sam Rainsy and the Sam Rainsy Party: Configuring Opposition Politics in Cambodia; K. Un Koizumi Junichiro: The Iconoclast who Remade Japanese Politics; P. Er Lam Ninoy and Cory Aquino: Restoring Democracy to the Philippines; J. Kane Abdurrahman Wahid: the Maverick Dissident Democrat; B. Subianto Lee Teng-hui and Taiwanese Democracy; N. Wu Kim Dae-Jung: Democratic Dissident and Democratic Practitioner; S. Chull Kim Aung San Suu Kyi: Gandhian Dissident Democrat ; Z. Oo Dissident Democrats: Themes and Lessons; J. Kane, H. Patapan and B. Wong