Beschreibung:
Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao is Adjunct Research Fellow of Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, and Chair Professor of Hakka Studies, National Central University. He is also the chairman of Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation (TAEF), Executive Committee of Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), National Cheng-Chi University, and Consortium of Southeast Asia Studies in Asia (SEASIA). He currently serves as Senior Advisor to the President of Taiwan since 2016. Most recently, he is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Taiwan Studies to be published by Brill in 2022. His recent publications are "New Social and Political Trends in Hong Kong and Taiwan" (co-editor, 2020); "The Networks of the Hakka Ethnic Associations in Southeast Asia" (co-editor, 2020); "Taiwan Studies Revisited" (co-editor, 2019); and "Middle Class, Civil Society and Democracy in Asia" (editor, 2019).
This book explores the volatile and uncertain future of democracies in Asia through typological analysis of the diverse patterns of Asian countries.
Part 1: Overview 1. The Volatile and Uncertain Future of Democracies in Asia Part 2: Consolidation 2. The Future of Taiwanese Democracy: Resilient yet under Siege 3. The Rocky Road to New Democracy in South Korea Part 3: Precarity 4. Depoliticizing Social Cleavages for Democratic Consolidation in Indonesia 5. In Dissent: Struggles for Democracy in Malaysia since 2000 6. Populist Authoritarianism Against the "Firewall" of Rights and Due Process Part 4: Retreat 7. The Thai Chinese Turn towards China 8. Myanmar: The Minorities Dilemma and Its Shaky Path to Democracy Part 5: Resistance 9. Inclusiveness in Governance: Why Is the Chinese Authoritarian Regime Not Democratizing?