JOHN KANEProfessor in the Department of Politics and Public Policy at Griffith University, Australia. HUI-CHIEH LOY Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy of the National University of Singapore. HAIG PATAPAN Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Policy at Griffith University.

• Introduction; J.Kane , H.Patapan ,& H.C.Loy Reclaiming Legitimacy in Post-Revolutionary China: Bringing Ideology and Governance Back In; H.Holbig & B.Gilley Political Legitimacy in Vietnam Under Challenge; C.A.Thayer The Struggle for Political Legitimacy in Thailand; B.Dressel Indonesia: Legitimacy, Secular Democracy and Islam; G.Barton Legitimacy in Malaysia: Dilemmas and Deficits; W.Case The Political Legitimacy of the PAP Government in Singapore; B.Wong & X.Huang From Coup d'état to 'Disciplined Democracy' in Burma: The Tatmadaw's Claims to Legitimacy; S.McCarthy Legitimacy Deficit in Japan: The Road to True Popular Sovereignty; H.Satoh Political Legitimacy in an Unconsolidated Democratic Order: The Philippines; N.Morada Political Legitimacy in South Korea; H.Kim Democratization as a Legitimacy Formula: The KMT and Political Change in Taiwan; T.J.Chen & N.T.Wu Political Legitimacy Reconsidered; J.Kane & H.Patapan