Citizen Power, Politics, and the "Asian Miracle" : : Reassessing the Dynamics / / O. Fiona Yap.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Yap, O. Fiona,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (187 p.)

Departing from characterizations of Asian governments as benevolent overlords and Asian citizens as politically naive and/or docile, Fiona Yap explores the dynamic interactions between state and citizenry in the arena of economic policies. Yap focuses on the cases of Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan to show that, with the strategic use of activities ranging from labor unrest to investment in production, citizens can push a government to accept responsibility for poor economic conditions and to adopt specific reforms. Melding some forty years of comparative empirical data with formal modeling, she demonstrates a surprising pattern of government-citizen bargaining that exists independent of democratic institutions/processes.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- ONE. The Relevance of Citizen Cooperation -- TWO. Politics and Economics in Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, and Malaysia -- THREE. Beyond the “Asian Miracle”: Testing for Economic Bargaining -- FOUR. Cases of Motivation: Increasing Accountability and Transparency -- FIVE. Cases of Cooperation: When and Why Citizens Invest Resources -- SIX. Dynamic Political Economy Through Accountability and Responsiveness -- Appendix: Data Collection and Operationalization -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book