Deliberative Democracy in Asia

Baogang He editor Michael Breen editor James Fishkin editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:25th Aug '21

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Featuring cases from India, China, Nepal, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Mongolia and Malaysia, the authors demonstrate and compare the differing uses of public deliberation in Asia.

Many countries in Asia have long traditions of public deliberation, in both democratic and undemocratic settings, some of which continue today. Yet in the face of pressures from complex governance, popular protests and democratization, certain deliberative practices – notably deliberative polling – have been ‘parachuted’ into the region without regard to historical or traditional practices of deliberation. And, the motivations differ. Some states have made use of public deliberation in order to contain dissent, while others have more emancipatory goals in mind. The contributors to this book take a comparative perspective on the emergence and evolution of deliberative practices in Asia, and their relationships with democracy. They analyse the main motivations for introducing public deliberation in different political regimes and the effectiveness of public deliberation in Asian countries for solving problems and improving governance. In doing so they evaluate whether deliberative democratic tools, can apply to all societies regardless of their political and cultural differences.

Essential reading for students and scholars of Asian Politics, this book will also be of great use to all political scientists with an interest in deliberative democracy.

The book opens new directions for future research as it pushes the reader to think further. The acknowledgement by the authors of the diversity of deliberative practices will also have larger implications at a theoretical level of democracy. The purpose of deliberative democracy is to allow citizens to have an active role within the political process, and that can be achieved by developing a renewed approach to understanding the social, political, economic and cultural aspects of their countries. Therefore, deliberative democracy in Asia is an invaluable contribution to the discipline of political science and political theory overall. - Ekta Shaikh, University of Delhi, India in Asian Studies Review

https://doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2022.2040081

ISBN: 9780367608958

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Weight: 344g

226 pages