Capitalist development, regime transitions and new forms of authoritarianism in Asia

Pacific Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-47

  Rodan, Garry ^a   Jayasuriya, Kanishka ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Civil society; Democratization; Political institutions; Political regimes; Social movements

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; CAPITALISM; CIVIL SOCIETY; DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; DEMOCRATIZATION; GEOPOLITICS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 70349984432     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512740802651003     Document Type: Article

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