Party System Institutionalization in Asia
Democracies, Autocracies, and the Shadows of the Past

This book provides a comprehensive empirical and theoretical analysis of the development of parties and party systems in Asia.

Allen Hicken (Edited by), Erik Martinez Kuhonta (Edited by)

9781107614239, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 29 December 2014

374 pages, 14 b/w illus. 29 tables
23 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.55 kg

'In Party System Institutionalization in Asia, Allen Hicken and Erik Kuhonta assemble an impressive series of chapters with a quality and analytical coherence that is difficult to achieve in an edited volume. … This is a worthwhile volume, containing chapters that can be assigned in class as standalone pieces while reaching a level of rigour that will inform future research.' Nathan Allen, Pacific Affairs

This book provides a comprehensive empirical and theoretical analysis of the development of parties and party systems in Asia. The studies included advance a unique perspective in the literature by focusing on the concept of institutionalization and by analyzing parties in democratic settings as well as in authoritarian settings. The countries covered in the book range from East Asia to Southeast Asia to South Asia.

1. Introduction: rethinking party system institutionalization in Asia Allen Hicken and Erik Martinez Kuhonta
2. The antidemocratic potential of party system institutionalization: Malaysia as morality tale? Meredith L. Weiss
3. Institutionalized succession and hegemonic party cohesion in Singapore Netina Tan
4. Party system institutionalization in Japan Kenneth Mori McElwain
5. Long in the making: Taiwan's institutionalized party system Tun-jen Cheng and Yung-min Hsu
6. The making and unmaking of the Communist Party and the single-party system of Vietnam Tuong Vu
7. The institutionalization of the Communist Party and the party system in China Yongnian Zheng
8. Party system institutionalization in India Csaba Nikolenyi
9. Party and party system institutionalization in Cambodia Sorpong Peou
10. Explaining party system institutionalization in Indonesia Paige Johnson Tan
11. South Korea's weakly institutionalized party system Joseph Wong
12. Thailand's feckless parties and party system: a path-dependent analysis Erik Martinez Kuhonta
13. Party and party system institutionalization in the Philippines Allen Hicken
14. Party system institutionalization: reflections based on the Asian cases Scott Mainwaring.

Subject Areas: Comparative politics [JPB], Politics & government [JP]