Rising China and Asian democratization : socialization to "global culture" in the political transformations of Thailand, China, and Taiwan / Daniel C. Lynch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lynch, Daniel C. (Daniel Christopher)

Series:

Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific

East-West Center series on contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democratization--China.

Democratization.

China.

Democratization--Thailand.

Democratization--Taiwan.

Taiwan.

Thailand.

Physical Description:

xviii, 299 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006.

Summary:

This book argues that democratization is inherently international: states democratize through a process of socialization to a liberal-rational global culture. This can clearly be seen in Taiwan and Thailand, where the elites and attentive public now accept democracy as universally valid. But in China, the ruling communist party resists democratization, in part because, its leaders believe, it would lead to China's "perpetual decentering" in world history. As China's power increases, the party could begin restructuring global culture by inspiring actors in other Asian countries to restore authoritarian rule.

Contents:

Democratization as socialization to "global culture"

Buddhism and the Siamese alacrity toward global culture(s)

Deepening Thai democracy : the 1990s, and beyond

The Chinese Communist Party's pursuit of "multipolar modernity"

Chinese cross-currents countered by "political civilization"

Taiwan : democratization as de-sinification

Threats to the consolidation of Taiwanese democracy

The future of democracy and liberal-rational global culture in Asia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-291) and index.

ISBN:

0804753946

OCLC:

62381329

Publisher Number:

9780804753944