Much writing on politics in Asia revolves around the themes of
democracy and democratisation with a particular focus on political
systems and political parties. This book, on the other hand,
examines the role that parliaments a key institution of democracy
play in East, Southeast and South Asia including Taiwan and Hong
Kong. Parliaments in these locations function in a variety of
historical, political and socio-economic circumstances with
different implications for institution building and political
development. This book examines questions like how accessible,
representative, transparent, accountable and effective are
parliaments? To what extent are parliaments able to hold other
political actors to account or how far are they constrained by the
political environment in which they operate? Going further, this
book considers how new media such as the Internet and other social
platforms, through providing avenues for individuals to articulate
their views separate from official channels, are influencing the
ways parliaments work. To stay relevant, parliamentarians need to
reach out and engage these individuals in formulating, deciding and
fine-tuning policies. In the information age, being a
parliamentarian has become more challenging and how a
parliamentarian copes with this change will shape the nature and
pace of political development.
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