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100 1 _aALAGAPPA Muthiah (ed.)
245 0 _aPolitical legitimacy in Southeast Asia:
_bthe quest for moral authority
260 _aStanford, Calif., USA:
_bStanford Univ. Press,
_c1995
300 _a446p.
520 3 _aArranged 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.
650 _aBURMA
650 _aINDONESIA
650 _aMALAYSIA
650 _aPHILIPPINES
650 _aPOLITICAL THEORY
650 _aPOLITICS
650 _aSINGAPORE
650 _aSOUTHEAST ASIA
650 _aTHAILAND
650 _aVIETNAM
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