Synopses & Reviews
Elections in Asia, written by experts in the field, presents the first-ever compendium of electoral data for all the 62 states in Asia, Australia, and Oceania from their independence to the present. Exhaustive statistics on national elections and referendum are given in each chapter. The two volumes provides the definative resource for historical and cross-national comparisons of elections and electoral system worldwide.
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Elections and Electoral Systems in Asia: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific, Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz, and Christof Hartmann
South East Asia
Brunei, Florian Grotz
Cambodia, Christof Hartmann
Indonesia, Jürgen Rüland
Laos, Christof Hartmann
Malaysia, Kevin YL Tan
Philippines, Christof Hartmann, Graham Hassall and Soliman M. Santos Jr.
Singapore, Hans-Christoph Rieger
Thailand, Michael H. Nelson
Vietnam, Christof Hartmann
East Asia
China (People's Republic), Xuewu Gu
Japan, Axel Klein
Korea (Democratic People's Republic/North Korea), Mark B. Suh
Korea (Republic of Korea/South Korea), Aurel Croissant
Mongolia, Peter M. Gluchowski and Florain Grotz
Taiwan (Republic of China), Marianne Rinza
South Pacific
Australia, Colin A. Hughes
Cook Islands, Graham Hassall
Federated States of Micronesia, Alexander Somoza
Fiji Islands, Christof Hartmann
Kiribati, Alexander Somoza
Marshall Islands, Philip Stöver
Nauru, Ben Reilly and Maria Gratschew
New Zealand, Nigel S. Roberts
Palau, Donald R. Shuster
Papua New Guinea, Ben Reilly
Somoa, Asofou So'o
Solomon Islands, Jeffrey S. Steeves
Tonga, Ian C. Campbell
Tuvalu, Alexander Somoza
Vanuatu, Philip Stöver
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