Challenge and Change in East Asia: Is Democracy the Only Game in Town?

Issue Date April 2005
Volume 16
Issue 2
Page Numbers 88-101
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In three of the six democracies surveyed by the East Asia Barometer, a majority of respondents prefer democracy to its alternatives. In the other three, however, a lingering nostalgia for authoritarianism stands in the way of democratic consolidation.

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