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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.
Some fledging democracies in the world have encountered setbacks
due to political parties trying to grapple with the expectations of
sophisticated electorates and introducing gradual political reforms
over the years.
This book describes how democracy is evolving in East Asia and
how it assumes different forms in different countries, with
political parties adapting and evolving alongside. It has a
two-fold intent. First, it contends that the existing variety of
party systems in East Asia will endure and may even flourish,
rather than converge as liberal democracies. Second, it highlights
the seeming political durability of one party systems unlike
two-part or multi-party systems in the US and Europe and their
enduring predominance in countries such as Cambodia, China,
Singapore and Vietnam.
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.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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++++ Die Entstehung Des Embryo Der Phanerogamen: Eine Reihe
Mikroskopischer Unters Wilhelm Hofmeister Hofmeister, 1849 Science;
Life Sciences; Botany; Science / Life Sciences / Botany
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