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Democratic Transitions in Asia focuses on political changes in the Asian region. Since the 1997 economic crisis, countries of the region are seeing greater demands for the accountability of leaders. Symbolic of the region's continuing struggle for democratisation, the President of South Korea, Kin Dae Jung was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000, joining other recent Asian Nobel laureates, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Dalai Lama, Bishop Carlos Belo and Jose Ramos Horta.
ISBN:9788140221790