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L. Singh, K.S. Bhangoo and R. Sharma. 2016. Agrarian Distress and Farmer Suicides in North India. London: Routledge India, South Asia Edition, pp. 250. ₹895. ISBN: 978-1-138-66862-1

Particularly its relations with the pro-Soviet regimes in the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Introduction: An overview of East Asian democratization -- Section 1 Regional trends and country stories -- 1 East Asian democratization in comparative perspective: Viewing through the eyes of the citizens -- 2 Japanese democracy -- 3 South Korean democratization: A comparative empirical appraisal -- 4 Taiwan's challenged democracy in the twenty-first century -- 5 Democracy in Mongolia: Public perceptions of its development and future challenges -- 6 Protracted transition in a liberal autocracy: The case of Hong Kong -- 7 China's developmental authoritarianism: Dynamics and pitfalls -- 8 Authoritarian post-communist transition and its future in China, Vietnam, and North Korea -- Section 2 Institution, election and political parties -- 9 How electoral systems shape the life of a democracy: The East Asian model -- 10 The development of party systems -- 11 Politics of party polarization in East Asia: A comparison of South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan -- 12 Constitutional divergence in East Asia: Causes and consequences -- 13 Constitutionalism and judicial review in East Asia -- Section 3 Democratic citizenship -- 14 Political participation in East Asia -- 15 Class, civil society, and social movements -- 16 Women's political empowerment -- 17 Cognitive involvement and democratic understanding -- 18 'New Media' and democratisation in East Asia -- 19 The Asian values debate: A reassessment from the perspective of democratization -- Section 4 Democratic governance -- 20 Quality of democracy: Public views -- 21 Corruption and institutional trust in East Asian democracies -- 22 The rule of law and democratic governance in Asia -- 23 Human rights in East Asia -- 24 Electoral integrity in East Asia -- Section 5 Political economy of democratization.

While the emerging democracies of Southeast Asia still are characterised by legitimacy crises or have already collapsed, a higher level of political stability persists in most of the region's autocracies. In most countries of South-East Asia, however, the state's monopoly on the legitimate use of force is only partially enforced. In most of the region's countries the potential for further socioeconomic development is seriously constrained by the tight, uncontrolled and opaque nexus of political and economic elites. Yet, given the strategic importance of South-East Asia and the heterogeneity of foreign policy interests of significant third countries, it seems unrealistic in the short to medium term, to expect that development policy could make a structural contribution to the establishment or consolidation of liberal democracy in the region.

The ongoing conflict in Thailand's Muslim-majority southern border provinces has claimed more than three thousand lives since 2004. To date, successive governments have sought to control the violence mainly through the use of enhanced security measures, and by arresting and prosecuting insurgent suspects. Yet despite some limited successes in reducing the number of violent incidents, the underlying causes of the conflict have not been addressed. The Thai state suffers from a legitimacy deficit in the region, and many Malay-Muslims would like greater control over their own affairs. The insurgency is ultimately fuelled by political frustrations. Yet all suggestions that the region might be granted some form of special administrative status have been consistently rejected by the authorities. This article examines proposals in a recent report by a team of Thai academics based in the region, who have advocated the creation of a new ministry to oversee the administration of the Deep South. These controversial proposals offer a compromise political solution, one which recognizes the distinctive nature of the region while preserving the core principle of a unitary Thai state. Adapted from the source document.

KEY ISSUESOverview. Korea has experienced impressive growth since the 1970s, enabling it to escape the middle-income trap. However, this prosperity has been concentrated lately within the highly competitive export-oriented conglomerates, whereas household income growth and service sector productivity have been sluggish. Moreover the population is aging rapidly. To sustain income convergence with the most advanced countries and enhance stability and inclusiveness, Korea needs ambitious reforms to its fiscal framework (including to create space for higher social spending), labor market, and serv

To what extent was the evolution of secularism in South and Southeast Asia between the end of the First World War and decolonisation after 1945 a result of transimperial and transnational patterns? To capture the diversity of twentieth-century secularisms, Clemens Six explores similarities resulting from translocal networks of ideas and practices since 1918. Six approaches these networks via a framework of global intellectual history, the history of transnational social networks, and the global history of non-state institutions. Empirically, he illustrates his argument with three case studies: the reception of Atatürk's reforms across Asia and the Middle East; translocal women's circles in the interwar period; and private US foundations after 1945