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Gangsters, Democracy, and the State in Southeast Asia /

An essay collection that studies workaday, regional politics in Southeast Asia and its implications for evolving democracies. The contributors examine the electoral process, conflicts between central and local governments, conflicts between individual freedoms and state power, and the roles charisma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Cornell University. Southeast Asia Program
Otros Autores: Trocki, Carl A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, 1998.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:An essay collection that studies workaday, regional politics in Southeast Asia and its implications for evolving democracies. The contributors examine the electoral process, conflicts between central and local governments, conflicts between individual freedoms and state power, and the roles charismatic, opportunistic strongmen have played in Southeast Asian politics, most notably in Thailand, Burma, and the Philippines.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (94 pages).
ISBN:9781501719424