Political Oppositions in Industrialising Asia

by Garry Rodan

Book Overview

Industrialization has meant sweeping social transformations across Asia. Some political commentators have predicted that the expansion of civil society and the rapid development of liberal democracy will necessarily follow. The contributors to this volume dissect the extent of political opposition in Asia and analyze the nature of new social movements outside institutional party politics which are contesting the exercise of state power. Nine original...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415148650
• ISBN13: 9780415148658
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.4"