Author: Andrew J. Nathan
July/August 2012
Foreign Affairs
Is culture to blame for the fact that only six of the 16 countries of East and Southeast Asia are functioning democracies? No, argues a new book, which aims to settle the long-running debate over democracy and "Asian values" by separating myths from facts and assumptions from evidence.
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