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Deliberative Democracy in Asia

Deliberative Democracy in Asia

He, Baogang
Breen, Michael
Fishkin, James

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Series: Politics in Asia

General Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0367608952
ISBN13: 9780367608958
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Aug 25 2021
Pages: 226
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

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.

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