Abstract
East Asia contains three of the world’s youngest semi-presidential democracies: Mongolia, Taiwan, and East Timor. In addition to having a semipresidential constitutional structure, each of these countries also represents a relatively unusual case of democratization: Taiwan is one of East Asia’s famous “tiger” economies and the world’s only Sinitic democracy, but faces an ongoing crisis of nationhood; Mongolia is one of the few unambiguous examples of a successful transition to democracy and a market economy in the postcommunist world; while East Timor is both East Asia’s poorest nation and its newest democracy. As such, each represents an important test case for assessing the effect of semi-presidentialism upon democratic development.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy |
Editors | Robert Elgie, Sophia Moestrup and Yu-Shan Wu |
Place of Publication | Hampshire |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan Ltd |
Pages | 117-133 |
Edition | 1 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780230242920 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |