Many who critique democracy as practiced in East Asia suggest that the Confucian political culture of these nations prevents democracy from being the robust participatory type, and limits it to a spectacle designed to create obedience from the public. Certainly some East Asian nations have had elections for decades, but democracy is far more than periodic elections. For democracy to be meaningful, a country needs an active public sphere, political tolerance, egalitarian beliefs, and vigorous political participation. The Asian-values debatefocuses on whether the creation of this optimal version of democracy in East Asian nations will be hindered by their shared Confucian cultural heritage andat the center of this debate is whether there is an active political culture in East Asia that allows citizens to freely discuss, debate, and disagree about politics
- ISBN: 978-0-415-61945-5
- Editorial: Routledge
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 176
- Fecha Publicación: 26/07/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés
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