Dissident Democrats

LEE KUAN YEW STEPHEN McCARTHY THITINAN PONGSUDHIRAK MEREDITH WEISS KHEANG UN PENG ER LAM JOHN KANE BENNY SUBIANTO NAITEH WU SUNG CHULL KIM ZAW OO

This book studies ten dissident democratic leaders in Asia to show their vital role in democratic transformations. These explorationsof their political struggles reveal the powerful challenges and dangers that dissidents face, especially in learning to manage and negotiate the ambiguities and tensions of democratic leadership itself.This book studies ten dissident democratic leaders in Asia to show their vital role in democratic transformations. These explorationsof their political struggles reveal the powerful challenges and dangers that dissidents face, especially in learning to manage and negotiate the ambiguities and tensions of democratic leadership itself.