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Journal of Chinese Political Science
Published in: Journal of Chinese Political Science 2/2015

01-06-2015 | Book Review

Doh Chull Shin: Confucianism and Democratization in East Asia

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012, 376p. $25.99 paperback

Author: Zhengxu Wang

Published in: Journal of Chinese Political Science | Issue 2/2015

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To examine whether Confucianism is compatible or obstructive to democracy, one needs to undertake several important tasks. First, the meaning of Confucianism must be clearly defined. Second, what Confucianism means in terms of individual citizens’ beliefs, ideas, and preferences as related to public life must be operationalized. And third, how strong these ideas, beliefs, and preferences are, and whether they are contributing to or obstructing democracy must be demonstrated with empirical data. Most of the literature on the relationship between Confucianism and democracy has, at best, achieved the first and second goals, but is seldom capable of testing these arguments with empirical data. …
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Title
Doh Chull Shin: Confucianism and Democratization in East Asia
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012, 376p. $25.99 paperback
Author
Zhengxu Wang
Publication date
01-06-2015
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Journal of Chinese Political Science / Issue 2/2015
Print ISSN: 1080-6954
Electronic ISSN: 1874-6357
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11366-015-9354-2

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