Rethinking Parties in Democratizing Asia

Julio C. Teehankee is Professor of Political Science and International Studies at De La Salle University, Philippines.Christian Echle is the Head of Department for Asia and the Pacific, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Germany.

• 1. Introduction: Taking a Second Look at Asian Political PartiesJulio C. Teehankee, Rey C. Padit and Jung Hoon Park2. In the Name of Minjoo: Roles of Pro-Democracy Parties in Democratic Transition and Progress in South KoreaJung Hoon Park3. The Effects of the Changing National Identity of the Taiwanese People on the Party Politics of TaiwanTommy Chung-yin Kwan4. Party Politics, Unexpected Democratization, and Hopeful Consolidation in MongoliaDelgerjargal Uvsh5. Electoral Rules Effect: Explaining the Party System Stability in Democratic IndonesiaNoory Okthariza6. Neither Poorly Organized, Nor Well Established: Conceptualizing and Exploring the Dynamics of Moderately Institutionalized Hybrid Party System in MalaysiaMuhamad M.N. Nadzri7. Party-Movement Interaction in a Contested Democracy: The Philippine ExperienceArjan Aguirre8. Transforming Ethno-Regional Parties in Northeast IndiaV. Bijukumar9. Sri Lanka’s Bipolarized Multiparty System: Democratizing the Selection of Rulers, not their RulePradeep Peiris10. Conclusion: Movements, Parties, and Asian Democracies Against the OddsJulio C. Teehankee