Political legitimacy in Southeast Asia: the quest for moral authority

ALAGAPPA Muthiah (ed.)

Political legitimacy in Southeast Asia: the quest for moral authority - Stanford, Calif., USA: Stanford Univ. Press, 1995 - 446p.

Arranged in 3 sections this book looks first at what constitutes legitimate government - the basis of authority, the process of legitimation, and why legitimacy fails. Section 2 presents case studies of the political legitimacy of 7 Southeast Asian countries; section 3 draws on the case studies and presents conclusions and observations.

0804725608 (pbk.)


BURMA
INDONESIA
MALAYSIA
PHILIPPINES
POLITICAL THEORY
POLITICS
SINGAPORE
SOUTHEAST ASIA
THAILAND
VIETNAM