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Author : Sungmoon Kim
Release : 2014-02-28
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Confucian Democracy in East Asia by : Sungmoon Kim
Download or read book Confucian Democracy in East Asia written by Sungmoon Kim. This book was released on 2014-02-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confucian Democracy in East Asia explores the unique Confucian reasoning that still exists in much of East Asian culture.
Author : Sungmoon Kim
Release : 2014-02-24
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Confucian Democracy in East Asia by : Sungmoon Kim
Download or read book Confucian Democracy in East Asia written by Sungmoon Kim. This book was released on 2014-02-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores a mode of democracy that is culturally relevant and socially practicable in the contemporary pluralistic context of historically Confucian East Asian societies, by critically engaging with the two most dominant theories of Confucian democracy - Confucian communitarianism and meritocratic elitism. The book constructs a mode of public reason (and reasoning) that is morally palatable to East Asians who are still saturated in Confucian customs by reappropriating Confucian familialism and using this perspective to theorize on Confucian democratic welfarism and political meritocracy. It then applies the theory of Confucian democracy to South Korea, arguably the most Confucianized society in East Asia, and examines the theory's practicality in Korea's increasingly individualized, pluralized, and multicultural society by looking at cases of freedom of expression, freedom of association, insult law, and immigration policy.
Author : Doh Chull Shin
Release : 2011-12-30
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 491/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Confucianism and Democratization in East Asia by : Doh Chull Shin
Download or read book Confucianism and Democratization in East Asia written by Doh Chull Shin. This book was released on 2011-12-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades, scholars and politicians have vigorously debated whether Confucianism is compatible with democracy, yet little is known about how it affects the process of democratization in East Asia. In this book, Doh Chull Shin examines the prevalence of core Confucian legacies and their impacts on civic and political orientations in six Confucian countries: China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Analyses of the Asian Barometer and World Values surveys reveal that popular attachment to Confucian legacies has mixed results on democratic demand. While Confucian political legacies encourage demand for a non-liberal democratic government that prioritizes the economic welfare of the community over the freedom of individual citizens, its social legacies promote interpersonal trust and tolerance, which are critical components of democratic civic life. Thus, the author argues that citizens of historically Confucian Asia have an opportunity to combine the best of Confucian ideals and democratic principles in a novel, particularly East Asian brand of democracy.
Author : To-chʻŏl Sin
Release : 2012
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 335/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Confucianism and Democratization in East Asia by : To-chʻŏl Sin
Download or read book Confucianism and Democratization in East Asia written by To-chʻŏl Sin. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book examines how Confucianism affects the development of democratic citizenship in East Asia. To what extent do East Asians remain attached to the particular way of life and system of government that Confucius and Mencius advocated to bring about a community of grand harmony? How does such attachment to Confucian civic norms affect their engagement in civic affairs? How does attachment to Confucian paternalistic meritocracy affect their commitment to democracy? The book addresses these question in the context of public opinion surveys conducted in East Asia and other regions"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Daniel A. Bell
Release : 2013-08-12
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 978/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The East Asian Challenge for Democracy by : Daniel A. Bell
Download or read book The East Asian Challenge for Democracy written by Daniel A. Bell. This book was released on 2013-08-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise of China, along with problems of governance in democratic countries, has reinvigorated the theory of political meritocracy. But what is the theory of political meritocracy and how can it set standards for evaluating political progress (and regress)? To help answer these questions, this volume gathers a series of commissioned research papers from an interdisciplinary group of leading philosophers, historians and social scientists. The result is the first book in decades to examine the rise (or revival) of political meritocracy and what it will mean for political developments in China and the rest of the world. Despite its limitations, meritocracy has contributed much to human flourishing in East Asia and beyond and will continue to do so in the future. This book is essential reading for those who wish to further the debate and perhaps even help to implement desirable forms of political change.
