The Third Wave in East Asia Comparative and Dynamic Perspectives

Doh Chull Shin

《Taiwan Journal of Democracy》 4卷2期 (2008/12) Pp. 91-131

https://doi.org/10.29654/TJD.200812.0005

並列摘要

This article offers a comprehensive and dynamic account of democratization in East Asia over the past two decades. It first traces the history of democratic transitions in the region, and thereafter examines their contours, modes, and sources from a comparative perspective. It then considers the extent to which third-wave democracies have consolidated, by appraising the quality of their performances. Finally, it explores the prospect of democratic regime change in China and Singapore. Analyses of Freedom House and the World Bank data reveal that the East Asian region has been slow in responding to the surging wave of global democratization in terms of not only transforming authoritarian regimes into electoral democracies, but also consolidating electoral democracies into well-functioning liberal democracies. Analyses of the Asian Barometer surveys, on the other hand, suggest that the mass citizenries of China and Singapore endorse their current regime as a well-functioning democracy, and are not much in favor of democratic regime change in their respective countries.

並列關鍵字

Confucianism ； democratization ； illiberal democracy ； majoritarian model ； preconditionalism ； sequentialism ； universalism

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