Liberalism, democracy, and development / Sylvia Sum-yee Chan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chan, Sylvia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalism.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 273 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Liberalism, Democracy & Development

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many commentators have assumed a close connection between liberal democracy and economic development. In this book, Sylvia Chan questions this assumption and suggests a new theoretical framework, in which liberal democracy is 'decomposed' into economic, civil and political dimensions that can be combined in different ways, allowing for a range of 'institutional matrices'. She then shows, in a case study of Japan and the Asian newly industrialising countries, how these seemingly less democratic countries have enjoyed a unique mix of economic, civil and political liberties which have encouraged economic development, without the need to share the institutional structures and cultural values of the West. Chan's model therefore provides a re-evaluation of the institutional capacities needed to sustain a competitive economy in a globalising world, and develops a more sophisticated understanding of the democracy-development connection.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The question: is liberal democracy good for economic development?; Part I The present context of democratisation and decomposing liberal democracy; Par t II The democracy...development debate: old problem, new thinking; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780511148217 (electronic book)

1-107-13176-6

1-280-43050-8

0-511-17779-8

0-511-04201-9

0-511-14821-6

0-511-33023-5

0-511-49181-6

0-511-04476-3

OCLC:

475916851