Article(electronic)July 2007

The Democracy Barometers(Part I): Authoritarian Nostalgia in Asia

In: Journal of democracy, Volume 18, Issue 3, p. 66-80

Chang, Yu-tzung; Chu, Yun-han; Park, Chong-Min

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Abstract

Abstract: From Bangkok to Manila, Taipei, Seoul, and Ulaanbaatar, East Asia's third-wave democracies are in distress. Data from the first and second Asian Barometer Surveys can help us systematically to assess the extent of normative commitment to democracy that citizens feel in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia, the Philippines, and Thailand. Compared to levels of popular support for democracy, strength of authoritarian detachment, and satisfaction with the performance of democracy observed in other regions, our six East Asian democracies appear on a par with similarly situated societies elsewhere in the world. The lesson is that this form of government must win citizens' support through better performance.

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English

Publisher

Project MUSE

ISSN: 1086-3214

DOI

10.1353/jod.2007.0043

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