Political Participation In Asia

Author : Kazuki Iwanaga
Publisher : NIAS Press
ISBN 13 : 8776940160
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women's Political Participation and Representation in Asia written by Kazuki Iwanaga and published by NIAS Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ability of a small elite of highly educated, upper-class Asian women to obtain the highest political positions in their country is unmatched elsewhere in the world and deserves study. But there is a marked lack of relevant research as well as of comprehensive and user-friendly texts. Aiming to fill the gap is this timely and important study of the various obstacles and opportunities for women's political participation and representation in Asia.

Author : Janelle S. Wong
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610447557
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asian American Political Participation written by Janelle S. Wong and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asian Americans are a small percentage of the U.S. population, but their numbers are steadily rising—from less than a million in 1960 to more than 15 million today. They are also a remarkably diverse population—representing several ethnicities, religions, and languages—and they enjoy higher levels of education and income than any other U.S. racial group. Historically, socioeconomic status has been a reliable predictor of political behavior. So why has this fast-growing American population, which is doing so well economically, been so little engaged in the U.S. political system? Asian American Political Participation is the most comprehensive study to date of Asian American political behavior, including such key measures as voting, political donations, community organizing, and political protests. The book examines why some groups participate while others do not, why certain civic activities are deemed preferable to others, and why Asian socioeconomic advantage has so far not led to increased political clout. Asian American Political Participation is based on data from the authors’ groundbreaking 2008 National Asian American Survey of more than 5,000 Chinese, Indian, Vietnamese, Korean, Filipino, and Japanese Americans. The book shows that the motivations for and impediments to political participation are as diverse as the Asian American population. For example, native-born Asians have higher rates of political participation than their immigrant counterparts, particularly recent adult arrivals who were socialized outside of the United States. Protest activity is the exception, which tends to be higher among immigrants who maintain connections abroad and who engaged in such activity in their country of origin. Surprisingly, factors such as living in a new immigrant destination or in a city with an Asian American elected official do not seem to motivate political behavior—neither does ethnic group solidarity. Instead, hate crimes and racial victimization are the factors that most motivate Asian Americans to participate politically. Involvement in non-political activities such as civic and religious groups also bolsters political participation. Even among Asian groups, socioeconomic advantage does not necessarily translate into high levels of political participation. Chinese Americans, for example, have significantly higher levels of educational attainment than Japanese Americans, but Japanese Americans are far more likely to vote and make political contributions. And Vietnamese Americans, with the lowest levels of education and income, vote and engage in protest politics more than any other group. Lawmakers tend to favor the interests of groups who actively engage the political system, and groups who do not participate at high levels are likely to suffer political consequences in the future. Asian American Political Participation demonstrates that understanding Asian political behavior today can have significant repercussions for Asian American political influence tomorrow.

Author : Eva Hansson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351622463
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Participation in Asia written by Eva Hansson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A combination of economic transformation, political transitions and changes in media have substantially, if incrementally, altered the terrain for political participation globally, particularly in Asia, home to several of the most dramatic such shifts over the past two decades. This book explores political participation in Asia and how democracy and authoritarianism function under neoliberal economic relations. It examines changes that coincide seemingly perversely with a participation explosion: with mass street protests and ‘occupations’, energetic online contention, movements of students and workers, mobilization for and against democracy and more. Organized thematically in three parts – political participation in a ‘post-democratic’ context, changes in the scope and character of political space and the policing of that space – this book analyzes economic, regime and media shifts and how they function in tandem and both within and across states. Closely integrated, comparative and theoretically driven, this book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners in the fields of civil society, contentious politics or social movements, democratization, political economy/development, media and communications, political geography, sociology, comparative politics and Asian politics.

Author : Ginger L Denton
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814651753
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Participation in Asia written by Ginger L Denton and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2015-08-28 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines types of political participation in ten Asian countries. The inquiry begins by building on past theories of types of political behavior and who participates in each type. Then six dimensions of political participation are constructed and tested using a survey dataset from the Asian Barometer Survey. The findings from this empirical analysis indicate that Asians also fall into six political behavior types. The analysis continues with an examination of social characteristics (such as age, gender, income, etc.) that help determine with which type of participation one will be involved. After examining participation in the region as a whole, the scope of this book turns to a quantitative investigation of individual countries in Asia. Contents:Introduction to Asian Political BehaviorLiterature ReviewParticipation in the Asian ContextTypologies of Participation in AsiaPolitical Behavior within Ten Asian CountriesConclusion Readership: Academics, undergraduate and graduate students, professionals interested in political participation, political behavior in Asian countries. Key Features:Examines all aspects of political participation in Asia instead of focusing on just voter turnoutIncludes survey data from thousands of individuals, across ten countries, to help quantitatively explain participation patterns in AsiaKeywords:Political Participation;Asia;Political Behavior;Voting

Author : Andrea Fleschenberg
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 3643900996
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women and Politics in Asia written by Andrea Fleschenberg and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2011 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why study the nexus of gender, politics, and democracy in Asia? What kind of democracy and political participation can we conceptualize and identify for this heterogeneous region? In the increasingly visible Asian context, which concepts, contexts, discourses, and practices do we need to reflect upon most in order to understand the complex relationship between gender and democratic processes? The contributions in this book engage with precisely these crucial questions, and do so by drawing on a variety of case studies covering India, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Cambodia. In the process, they scrutinize women's roles, strategies, practices, and discourses on political participation and gender-inclusive political reform in various arenas of political engagement. The book's essays range from studies of political actors and institutions, public policy and gender mainstreaming, political theory and citizenship discourses, to the study of various women's movements. (Series: Politikwissenschaftliche Perspektiven - Vol. 15)

Author : Garry Rodan
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501720139
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Participation Without Democracy written by Garry Rodan and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With an empirical focus on regimes in Singapore, the Philippines, and Malaysia, the author examines the social forces that underpin the emergence of institutional experiments in democratic participation and representation"--

Author : R. H. Taylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521564434
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Elections in Southeast Asia written by R. H. Taylor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-07-13 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the countries in Southeast Asia that have conducted multi-party elections.

Author : Don T. Nakanishi
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742518506
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asian American Politics written by Don T. Nakanishi and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents

Author : Pei-te Lien
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317776925
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Participation of Asian Americans written by Pei-te Lien and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the size and relative prosperity of the Asian American ethnic population, the participation of Asian Americans in electoral politics has been low. This study explores the relationship between ethnic identity and political participation on three levels-between the four major racial/ethnic groups of the American nation, inside the multi-ethnic Asian American population, and within a specific Asian American ethnic group (Koreans). Empirical analysis of surveys dealing with ethnic identity, experience, and voting behavior reveals the complexity of Asian American identities and the importance of both positive and negative experiences in shaping political participation. While, in general, individuals of Asian descent tend to participate less in electoral politics, the political involvement of those with a stronger sense of pan-Asian or specific ethnic identity are more complex. Political participation can be increased by a greater sense of group consciousness and identification of interests with either the panethnic group or a specific ethnic group. Most importantly, the socio-political context shapes the impact of ethnicity on political participation. The experience of Korean Americans in southern California exemplifies this process-Koreans, often victimized by hate crimes, were politicized by the riots following the trial of LAPD officers in the Rodney King incident. The study concludes with a discussion of the meaning of electoral participation and financial contributions for Asian Americans, and of the role of political parties, interest groups, and media in the mobilization of Asian Americans into mainstream politics. (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Florida, 1995; revised with new preface, and foreword)

Author : Garry Rodan
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501720120
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Participation without Democracy written by Garry Rodan and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past quarter century new ideologies of participation and representation have proliferated across democratic and non-democratic regimes. In Participation without Democracy, Garry Rodan breaks new conceptual ground in examining the social forces that underpin the emergence of these innovations in Southeast Asia. Rodan explains that there is, however, a central paradox in this recalibration of politics: expanded political participation is serving to constrain contestation more than to enhance it. Participation without Democracy uses Rodan’s long-term fieldwork in Singapore, the Philippines, and Malaysia to develop a modes of participation (MOP) framework that has general application across different regime types among both early-developing and late-developing capitalist societies. His MOP framework is a sophisticated, original, and universally relevant way of analyzing this phenomenon. Rodan uses MOP and his case studies to highlight important differences among social and political forces over the roles and forms of collective organization in political representation. In addition, he identifies and distinguishes hitherto neglected non-democratic ideologies of representation and their influence within both democratic and authoritarian regimes. Participation without Democracy suggests that to address the new politics that both provokes these institutional experiments and is affected by them we need to know who can participate, how, and on what issues, and we need to take the non-democratic institutions and ideologies as seriously as the democratic ones.