Political Change and Consolidation: Democracy's Rocky Road in Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea, and Malaysia

By Amy L. Freedman

Book Overview

This book explores the varying reactions to the political turmoil in Asia in the late 1990s by looking at external pressures from global actors (the IMF and US security policy), popular protests, the nature of the opposition, and elite coalition formation/dissolution at the highest levels of government.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 134953076X
• ISBN13: 9781349530762
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"