Democratic Transition In Bhutan
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Democratic Transition In Bhutan
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Author : Sonam Kinga
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2019-10-08
Democratic Transition In Bhutan written by Sonam Kinga and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-08 with Political Science categories.
This book studies how a modern monarchy transformed Bhutan into a parliamentary democracy. A political ethnography, it focuses on the historic elections of 2007–2008, and studies democracy and its transformational processes from the ground up. It draws on historical as well as contemporary theories about kingship and regime change to analyse Bhutan’s nascent democratic process and reflect on the direction of political change, both at the state and local levels in the aftermath of the elections. It also presents insights into the electoral and political process by giving a first-hand account of the author’s own participation in the elections and ponders on the larger political implications of this election for the region. A strong theoretical discussion situated in robust fieldwork and personal experience, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of politics, especially comparative politics and political institutions, South Asian and Himalayan Studies, political sociology and social anthropology.
The Royal Semi Authoritarian Democracy Of Bhutan
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Author : Dhurba Rizal
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date : 2015-07-22
The Royal Semi Authoritarian Democracy Of Bhutan written by Dhurba Rizal and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-22 with Political Science categories.
The book puts into plain words a changing dimension of politics in a traditional regime and offers an insight into the emerging transition to royal, semi-authoritarian democracy in Bhutan. Bhutan represents a political system which coalesces the rhetorical acquiescence of democracy with illiberal authoritarian attributes under the former royalist shadow. Royal democracy is a myth and only paints the frontage of democracy. The smokescreen of this kind of authoritarian regime is not yet democracy but is instead a new form of semi-authoritarian rule. The political reforms in Bhutan were orchestrated by the “traditional regime and elites in a traditional society” as a tightly controlled, top-down process without devolution of power outside the regime. Royal Democracy can best be understood as an attempt to construct a political regime that impersonates democratic institutions but works outside the logic of political representation and seeks to repress any vestige of genuine political pluralism. Exploring the authoritarian logic behind the democratic rhetoric is especially important for Bhutan, which is today glorified by the UN as “The Mecca of Gross National Happiness” and depicted by many as a model of top down democracy on popular media and in academia. Holding State controlled elections alone does not create a cure for deeper political, economic, and social predicaments besetting Bhutan and does not create a solid foundation for democratic transition. The glitter of royal, semi-authoritarian democracy is a “Jigmecracy,” an old Jigme’s system with new labels, a classic case of transition from a traditional regime in a traditional society.
The History Of Bhutan
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Author : Karma Phuntsho
language : en
Publisher: Haus Publishing
Release Date : 2014-08-15
The History Of Bhutan written by Karma Phuntsho and has been published by Haus Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-15 with History categories.
In 2008, Bhutan triumphantly took the stage as the world’s youngest democracy. But despite its growing prominence—and rising scholarly interest in the country—Bhutan remains one of the least studied, and least well-known places on the planet. Karma Phuntsho’s The History of Bhutan is the first book to offer a comprehensive history of Bhutan in English. Along with a detailed social and political analysis, it offers substantive discussions of Bhutan’s geography and culture; the result is the clearest, richest account of this nation and its history ever published for general readers. A 2015 Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title Award Winner
The Grand Pattern Of Development And The Transition Of Institutions
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Author : Martin Paldam
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-08-19
The Grand Pattern Of Development And The Transition Of Institutions written by Martin Paldam and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-19 with Business & Economics categories.
The culmination of a long-lasting and impressive research program, this book summarizes the relationship between economic development with income on the one hand and the evolution of institutions on the other; the transition of countries from one economic and social system to another. The author considers the transitions of two types of institutions: The first is external; it is legal-administrative systems with staff and buildings. The political system and the economic system are considered. The second consists of traditions and beliefs. Here corruption and religiosity are considered. Contrary to the claim that institutions are causal to development, this book demonstrates that the main direction of causality is from income to institutions. As countries get wealthy, they become secular democracies with low corruption and a mixed economic system. In this impressive coda, Paldam shows that the evolution of institutions is not causal to the economic growth process but rather follows it.
China S Democratic Future
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Author : Bruce Gilley
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2004-03-12
China S Democratic Future written by Bruce Gilley and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-12 with Political Science categories.
The end of communist rule in China will be one of the most momentous events of the twenty-first century, sounding the death knell for the Marxist-Leninist experiment and changing the lives of a fifth of humanity. This book provides a likely blow-by-blow account of how the Chinese Communist Party will be removed from power and how a new democracy will be born. In more than half a century of rule, the Chinese Communist Party has turned a poor and benighted China into a moderately well-off and increasingly influential nation. Yet the Party has failed to keep pace with change since stepping aside from daily life in the late-1970s. After nearly a hundred years of frustrating attempts to create a workable political system following the overthrow of the last dynasty, the prospects for democracy in China are better than ever, according to Bruce Gilley. Gilley predicts an elite-led transformation rather than a popular-led overthrow. He profiles the key actors and looks at the response of excluded elites, such as the military, as well as interested parties such as Taiwan and Tibet. He explains how democracy in China will be very "Chinese," even as it will also embody fundamental universal liberal features. He deals with competing interests—regional, sectoral, and class—of China's economy and society under democracy, addressing the pressing concerns of world business. Finally he considers the implications for Asia as well as for the United States. The end of communist rule in China will be one of the most momentous events of the twenty-first century, sounding the death knell for the Marxist-Leninist experiment and changing the lives of a fifth of humanity. This book provides a likely blow-by-blow account of how the Chinese Communist Party will be removed from power and how a new democracy will be born. In more than half a century of rule, the Chinese Communist Party has turned a poor and benighted China into a moderately well-off and increasingly influential nation. Yet the Party has failed to keep pace with change since stepping aside from daily life in the late-1970s. After nearly a hundred years of frustrating attempts to create a workable political system following the overthrow of the last dynasty, the prospects for democracy in China are better than ever, according to Bruce Gilley. Gilley predicts an elite-led transformation rather than a popular-led overthrow. He profiles the key actors and looks at the response of excluded elites, such as the military, as well as interested parties such as Taiwan and Tibet. He explains how democracy in China will be very "Chinese," even as it will also embody fundamental universal liberal features. He deals with competing interests—regional, sectoral, and class—of China's economy and society under democracy, addressing the pressing concerns of world business. Finally he considers the implications for Asia as well as for the United States.
How Ukraine Became A Market Economy And Democracy
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Author : Anders Åslund
language : en
Publisher: Peterson Institute
Release Date : 2009
How Ukraine Became A Market Economy And Democracy written by Anders Åslund and has been published by Peterson Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
India S Grand Strategy
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Author : Kanti Bajpai
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-08-07
India S Grand Strategy written by Kanti Bajpai and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-07 with Political Science categories.
As India prepares to take its place in shaping the course of an ‘Asian century’, there are increasing debates about its ‘grand strategy’ and its role in a future world order. This timely and topical book presents a range of historical and contemporary interpretations and case studies on the theme. Drawing upon rich and diverse narratives that have informed India’s strategic discourse, security and foreign policy, it charts a new agenda for strategic thinking on postcolonial India from a non-Western perspective. Comprehensive and insightful, the work will prove indispensable to those in defence and strategic studies, foreign policy, political science, and modern Indian history. It will also interest policy-makers, think-tanks and diplomats.
Framing The State In Times Of Transition
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Author : Laurel E. Miller
language : en
Publisher: US Institute of Peace Press
Release Date : 2010
Framing The State In Times Of Transition written by Laurel E. Miller and has been published by US Institute of Peace Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
Analyzing nineteen cases, this title offers practical perspective on the implications of constitution-making procedure, and explores emerging international legal norms.
Germany Transformed
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Author : Kendall L. Baker
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1981
Germany Transformed written by Kendall L. Baker and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with History categories.
A new Germany has come of age, as democratic, sophisticated, affluent, and modern as any other western nation. This remarkable transition in little more than a generation is the central theme of Germany Transformed. Here all the old stereotypes and conclusions are challenged and new research is marshalled to provide a model for an advanced democratic republic. Kendall Baker, Russell Dalton, and Kai Hildebrandt, working with massive national election returns from 1953 onward, explain the Old Politics of the postwar period, which was based on the "economic miracle" and the security needs of West Germany, and the shift in the past decade to the New Politics, which emphasizes affluence, leisure, the quality of life, and international accommodation. But more than elections are examined. Rather, the authors delineate the transvaluation of the German civic culture as democracy became embedded in the nation's institutions, political ways, party structures, and citizen interest in governance. By the 1970s the quiescent German of Prussia, the Empire, and the 1930s had become the active and aware democratic westerner. This is among the most important books about West Germany written since the late 1950s, when the nation, devastated by war and rebuilding its economy and political life, was still struggling with the possibilities of democracy. It is a political history, recounted in enormous detail and with methodological precision, that will change perceptions about Germany and align them with realities. Germany is now an integrated part of a democratic western community of nations, and an understanding of its true condition not only illuminates better the staunch European identity but also is bound to have an impact on American policy.
Promise And Problems Of E Democracy
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Author : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
language : en
Publisher: OECD
Release Date : 2003
Promise And Problems Of E Democracy written by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and has been published by OECD this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Computers categories.
Developments in information and communication technologies (ICTs) offer new opportunities for enhancing citizen interaction with government and engagement in public policy-making, providing potential to expand the scope, breadth and depth of government consultations with citizens and other key stakeholders. However, ICTs can also pose significant challenges to governments in terms of their technical, political and constitutional implications. This publication highlights policy lessons in using ICTs to promote public participation in policy-making, drawing on examples of current practice from 12 OECD member countries (Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Slovak Republic, Sweden and the UK) as well as the European Commission. It suggests ten guiding principles for successful online consultation, and identifies five key challenges for online citizen engagement in policy-making.