Introduction; Y. Kasuya -- A Framework for Analyzing Presidential-Legislative Relations in Asia; Y. Kasuya -- Presidentialism in Korea: A Strong President and a Weak Government; Y. Asaba -- Afghanistan's Strong President and Weak Parties; Y. Kasuya & J. Kendall -- Trading Compromises: Interaction of Powers in the Philippine Presidential System; T. Kawanaka -- Presidential Strength and Party Leadership in Taiwan; M. Matsumoto -- Strong President and Vulnerable Political System in Sri Lanka; H. Miwa -- President Restrained: Effects of Parliamentary Rule and Coalition Government on Indonesia's Presidentialism; K. Kawamura -- Conclusion: Lessons from the Study of Asian Presidentialism; Y. Kasuya
Summary
Which Asian presidents are 'stronger' in terms of their constitutional and partisan authorities? How do they use these authorities to advance their policy agendas? This book answers these questions and is one of the first and most comprehensive analyses of Asia's presidential and semi-presidential democracies. To develop a baseline, it measures the 'strength' of the Asian presidents with regards to their constitutional and partisan powers. Using this two-dimensional strength measure as a common framework, country study chapters on Afghanistan, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan analyze how their constitutional and partisan powers are used in actual policy-making processes
