Authoritarian Modernism in East Asia

• Main Author: Thompson, Mark R. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Security, Development and Human Rights in East Asia
• Subjects: Asia-Politics and government.; Political science.; Political theory.; Economic policy.; Asian Politics.; Governance and Government.; Political Theory.; Development Policy.

Following Barrington Moore Jr., this book raises doubts about modernization theory's claim that an advanced economy with extensive social differentiation is incompatible with authoritarian rule. Authoritarian modernism in East Asia (Northeast and Southeast Asia) has been characterized by econom...