The Nexus Between Democracy and Stability: The Case of Southeast Asia  

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Hassan, Mohamed Jawhar

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs vol. 18 no. 02 (Sep. 1996), page 163-174.
Topik: Southeast Asia; Democracy; Stability

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: C12 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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An examination of the nexus between democracy and stability is interesting for several reasons. Firstly, it has not received sufficient scrutiny unlike the nexus between democracy and development, or democracy and international peace. Secondly, stability seldom features in the calculations of passionate advocates of liberal democracy despite the occasionally terrible consequences of democratization on stability. Thirdly, stability is sometimes automatically identified with democracy and instability with non-democratic regimes. Fourthly, non-democratic governments view democracy as destabilizing. This article examines these and other factors in the relationship between democracy and stability, with particular reference to the prevailing situation in Southeast Asia. It suggests, among other things, that stability (as well as instability) can occur in both democracies and non-democracies, but sustainable security is better assured under democracies where good governance prevails.

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