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Contemporary Southeast Asia Vol. 28, No. 3 (2006), pp. 53134 DOI:10.1355/cs28-3m ©2006ISEAS ISSN0219-797Xprint/ISSN1793-284Xelectronic Beyond Liberal Democracy: Political Thinking for an East Asian Context. By Daniel A. Bell. Princeton, New Jersey and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2006. Hardcover and softcover: 379pp. The issues surrounding the transferability of liberal democratic governance to non-Western societies have been at the forefront of normative studies in the vast literature on democratization and democratic theory, particularly since the end of the Cold War. This period has also coincided with U.S. foreign policies of democratic enlargementandtransformation,togetherwiththerobustroleplayed by international non-government organizations in facilitating the development and institutionalization of liberal democracy and civil societyinsocietiesaroundtheworld.Parallelingthesedevelopments in international relations has been the unprecedented economic growth and development witnessed in many East Asian societies in this age of economic globalization. It is at the interface between the universal spread of liberal democratic thinking and the rise of East Asianeconomiesthattheissueoftransferabilityofliberaldemocratic governancehasbecomeasignificantareaofintellectualandscholarly inquiryforstudentsofdemocratization,politicaltheoryandphilosophy, andAsiangovernments,politics,andphilosophy.DanielBell'srecent work, Beyond Liberal Democracy, makes a significant contribution to this area of study and it ought to be read by scholars who are undertaking research in this area. This work is a culmination of at leastadecadeofthinkingandwritingbyascholarwhohasobserved closelythemanyintellectuallysignificantissuesthathavearisenfrom political developments in East Asian societies during this period. Although some
Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs – Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Published: Mar 12, 2006
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