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This book explores the challenges and obstacles faced by dissident leaders in Asia seeking to introduce reforms into regimes that are either imperfectly democratic or frankly hostile to democratic practices and institutions.

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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

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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.

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