Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Asia's
challenged
Democracies
- Arguments for
and positive
outcomes of
Democracy
- Transparency
- Effective NGO's
- Equal
treatment
of
citizens
- Multiple
political
parties
- Protection
of capital
values
- Which
result in
economic
growth
- Preferible
over any
other options
- South Korea,
Japan,
Taiwan
- but demand
for a more
effective
democracy
- 2/3 of the
population
supports it
- They don't want:
-Military rule
-Closed
government
-Unique political
party -Repression
- Protection
and
respect
for
human
rights
- Arguments
against and
negative
outcomes of
Democracy
- Democracy
as an ideal,
not as a
viable
system
- Priority of
economic
development
- East Asian
Countries
were not
ready for
democracy
- Problems during
the demographic
transition
- NO
supportive
regional
environment
- Few
elements
for
consolidation
- No prior
experience
- Increase of
corruption
- No
confidence
in policy
performance
- Result more
confident
external
institutions
- Japan
- Media
- NGO's
- Increase
of
social
inequalities
- Slow
development
- Rural
migration to
the cities
- Bigger social gap
- Weaknesses
for Democracy
- Democratic elected
governments have suffered
- Inconclusive
or
disputed
electoral
outcomes
- Political strife
- Recurring
political
standards
- Lost of confidence in
democratic procedures
- Extraconstitutional
démonstrations
- Thailand
- Strenghts for Democracy
- Good governance
- Political
participation
and
competition
- Rule of law
- Arguments
for and
positive
outcomes of
Authoritarianism
- Faster decision making process
- Efficiency in decision making
- Power in a few hands
- Social trust
on
authoritarian
Methods
- Military rule
- Technocratic rule
- Single party-rule
- Better experience during the
demographic transition than
other countries
- Perception of
the emperor
as good
- No matter if
local authorities
are bad
- Emperor as father
of the family
(society)
- Arguments
against and
negative
outcomes
- No human rights
- Governmental
control
- Social repression
- Nothing can be
against the
government
- No equal distribution of wealth
- Power in hands of a few
- Followed their
own interests, no
the social ones
- Weaknesses for
Authoritarianism
- No freedom over
- Media
- Economy
- Society
- Strenghts for authoritarianism
- Rapid economic growth
- Accelerated development
- Satisfied society
- Few
possibilities of
revolution
- Influence of confucianism
- Although many of the Asian countries
are trying to get into a democratic
system, the prevalent political model is
still being the authoritarianism due to
the confusion ideas. Confucianism
promotes a benevolent dictatorship in
which the ruler is seen as a father and
the society as a family, therefore there
is a need for respect towards the
leader.
- Brenda Hassive Santiago Escobar A01335588