Author: Taylor, Robert H., editor:
Title: The Politics of Elections in Southeast Asia
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996. orig.cloth. 24x16cm, xiii, 256 pp.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Introduction: the study of elections in the politics of Southeast Asia [R. H. Taylor]; Elections and participation in three Southeast Asian countries [Benedict R. Anderson]; A useful fiction: democratic legitimization in New Order Indonesia [R. William Liddle]; Elections without representation: the Singapore experience under the PAP [ Garry Rodan]; Elections' Janus face: limitations and potential in Malaysia [K. S. Jomo]; Malaysia: do elections make a difference? [Harold Crouch]; Contested meanings of elections in the Philippines [Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet]; Elections in Burma/Mynmar: for whom and why? [R. H. Taylor]; Elections and democratization in Thailand [Suchit Bunbongkarn]; A tale of two democracies: conflicting perceptions of elections in Thai politics [ Anek Laothamatas]; The Cambodian elections of 1993: a case of power to the people? [Kate G. Frieson] ["Though most governments in Southeast Asia are widely described as authoritarian, elections have been a feature of politics in the region for many decades. This volume, bringing together eleven separate case studies by leading authorities, examines the countries that have conducted multi-party elections since the 1940s and 1950s - Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Burma/ Myanmar, and Singapore. It identifies the common and distinguishing features of electoral politics in the region. The contributors to this volume, unlike most earlier students of politics in Southeast Asia, conclude that it is not something peculiar to the political culture of the

Keywords: Comparative Politics, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia Cambodia, Political History, Election Electoral, Elections, Philppines Thailand