Abstract
East Asia contains three of the world’s youngest semi-presidential democracies: Mongolia, Taiwan, and East Timor. In addition to having a semipresidential constitutional structure, each of these countries also represents a relatively unusual case of democratization: Taiwan is one of East Asia’s famous “tiger” economies and the world’s only Sinitic democracy, but faces an ongoing crisis of nationhood; Mongolia is one of the few unambiguous examples of a successful transition to democracy and a market economy in the postcommunist world; while East Timor is both East Asia’s poorest nation and its newest democracy. As such, each represents an important test case for assessing the effect of semi-presidentialism upon democratic development.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 117-133 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780230306424 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780230242920 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2011 |