The Military And Democracy In Asia And The Pacific

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In The Military and Democracy in Asia and the Pacific, a number of prominent regional specialists take a fresh look at the military's changing role in selected countries of Asia and the Pacific, particularly with regard to the countries' performance against criteria of democratic government. Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Burma, Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Korea, Fiji and Papua New Guinea all fall under the spotlight as the authors examine the role which the military has played in bringing about changes of political regime, and in resisting pressures for change. Under the auspices of The Australian National University's Department of Political and Social Change, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, and within the context of the Regime Change and Regime Maintenance in Asia and the Pacific project, the following contributors compiled The Military and Democracy in Asia and the Pacific: Emajuddin Ahamed, Suchit Bunbongkarn, Stephanie Lawson, R. J. May, Hasan-Askari Rizvi, Viberto Selochan, Josef Silverstein, Michael Vatikiotis and Yung Myung Kim. The Military and Democracy in Asia and the Pacific provides a sequel to Viberto Selochan's earlier collection, The Military, the State, and Development in Asia and the Pacific (1991).

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The MILITARY and DEMOCRACY in ASIA and the PACIFIC i The MILITARY and DEMOCRACY in ASIA and the PACIFIC R.J. May & Viberto Selochan Editors iii Published by ANU E Press The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200, Australia Email: [email protected] Web: http://epress.anu.edu.au Previously published by Crawford House Publishing Pty Ltd Bathurst 2795 New South Wales, Australia National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry The military and democracy in Asia and the Pacific. Includes index. ISBN 1 9209420 1 7 ISBN 1 9209420 0 9 (Online document) Civil supremacy over the military – Asia. 2. Civil supremacy over the military Pacific Area. 3. Militarism – Asia. 4. Militarism – Pacific Area. 5. Democracy – Asia. 6. Democracy – Pacific Area. 7. Asia – Politics and government. 8. Pacific Area – Politics and government. I. May, R. J. (Ronald James), 1939– . II. Selochan, Viberto, 1957– . 322.5 All rights reserved. You may download, display, print and reproduce this material in unaltered form only (retaining this notice) for your personal, non-commercial use or use within your organization. All electronic versions prepared by UIN, Melbourne Cover design by Michael Birch with a photo by George Gittoes, courtesy of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra First edition © 1998 Crawford House Publishing Pty Ltd This edition © 2004 R. J. May and Viberto Selochan, et al iv 1 CONTENTS Preface Preface to the ANU E Press publication Contributors 1 Introduction: democracy and the military in comparative perspective R.J. May, Stephanie Lawson, and Viberto Selochan 2 The military and democracy in Indonesia Michael R.J. Vatikiotis 3 The military and democracy in Thailand Suchit Bunbongkarn 4 The military and the fragile democracy of the Philippines Viberto Selochan 5 Burma’s struggle for democracy: the army against the people Josef Silverstein 6 Pakistan: civil-military relations in a praetorian state Hasan Askari Rizvi 7 The military and democracy in Bangladesh Emajuddin Ahamed 8 Patterns of military rule and prospects for democracy in South Korea Yung Myung Kim 9 The military versus democracy in Fiji: problems for contemporary political development Stephanie Lawson 10 Government and the military in Papua New Guinea R.J. May References Index v vii ix xi 1 29 47 59 69 88 101 119 132 148 176 189 1 PREFACE Over the past decade the militar
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