Citizens, Democracy, and Markets around the Pacific Rim

by Russell J. Dalton (Editor), Doh Chull Shin (Editor)

Overview

East Asia is one of the most dynamic areas of political change in the world today. What role do citizens play in these processes of change? Drawing upon a unique set of coordinated public opinion surveys conducted by the World Values Survey, this book provides a dramatically new image of the political cultures of East Asia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199297252
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/11/2007
Series:	Comparative Politics
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.10(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

1. Citizens, Democracy and Markets, Russell Dalton and Doh Chull Shin2. The Human Development Model of Democracy: East Asia in Perspective, Christian Welzel and Ronald Inglehart3. Economic Change and Value Shift in East Asia, Tan Ern-Ser and Zhengxu Wang4. Democratic Aspirations and Social Modernization, Russell J. Dalton and Doh Chull Shin5. Authority Orientations and Democratic Attitudes in East Asia: A Test of the 'Asian Values' Hypothesis", Russell J. Dalton and Nhu-Ngoc T. Ong6. Civil Society, Social Capital, and Democracy, Russell J. Dalton7. Political Trust, Political Performance and Support for Democracy, Zhengxu Wang, Russell J. Dalton, and Doh Chull Shin8. Exploring Weber's Theory of Capitalism in Confucian East Asia, Doh Chull Shin and Russell J. Dalton9. Public Support for Market Reforms in Nine Asian Countries: Divergence of a Market-Based Economy, Chung-Si Ahn and Jiho Jang10. Risk Avoidance and Economic Value Orientation: Functioning of Post-materialist values in the Pacific Rim Countries, Ken'ichi Ikeda and Tetsuro Kobayashi11. Attitudes toward the Market Economy in Vietnam, Pham Minh Hac and Pham Thanh Nghi12. The Intersection of Democracy and Markets, Doh Chull Shin and Russell J. Dalton13. Political Culture and Political Change, Russell J. Dalton and Doh Chull Shin