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Direct Democracy in Asia: A Reference Guide to the Legislations and Practices Contents Acknowledgements............................................................................................................. v Foreword.............................................................................................................................vii Introduction........................................................................................................................ix Overview of Direct Democracy in Asia.........................................................................xiii Part I: Central Asia........................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1: Afghanistan............................................................................................... 1 Chapter 2: Armenia.....................................................................................................9 Chapter 3: Azerbaijan.............................................................................................. 19 Chapter 4: Georgia...................................................................................................29 Chapter 5: Kazakhstan............................................................................................. 37 Chapter 6: Kyrgyzstan............................................................................................. 45 Chapter 7: Tajikistan................................................................................................53 Chapter 8: Turkmenistan......................................................................................... 61 Chapter 9: Uzbekistan..............................................................................................67 Part II: Northeast Asia...................................................................................................71 Chapter 1: China...................................................................................................... 71 Chapter 2: Japan.......................................................................................................75 Chapter 3: Korea, North.......................................................................................... 87 Chapter 4: Korea, South.......................................................................................... 89 Chapter 5: Mongolia................................................................................................ 99 Chapter 6: Taiwan....................................................................................................103 Part III : Southeast Asia................................................................................................ 125 Chapter I: Brunei.......................................................................................................125 Chapter 2: Cambodia.................................................................................................127 Chapter 3: East Timor............................................................................................... 135 Chapter 4: Indonesia..................................................................................................139 Chapter 5: Laos......................................................................................................... 147 Chapter 6: Malaysia ................................................................................................. 149 Chapter 7: Myanmar..................................................................................................151 Chapter 8: The Philippines........................................................................................ 155 Chapter 9: Singapore................................................................................................. 177 Chapter 10: Thailand.............................................................................................. 183 Chapter 11: Vietnam.............................................................................................. 189 Part IV: South Asia.......................................................................................................195 Chapter 1: Bangladesh .......................................................................................... 195 Chapter 2: Bhutan...................................................................................................201 Chapter 3: India...................................................................................................... 205 Chapter 4: The Maldives........................................................................................ 209 Chapter 5: Nepal.....................................................................................................213 Chapter 6: Pakistan.................................................................................................217 Chapter 7: Sri Lanka.............................................................................................. 225 Part V: Australia and New Zealand............................................................................231 Chapter 1: Australia............................................................................................... 231 Chapter 2: New Zealand.........................................................................................245 Appendix I: DD Practice.............................................................................................. 273 Appendix I-1: DD Practice in Central Asia........................................................... 275 Appendix I-2: DD Practice in Northeast Asia........................................................279 Appendix I-3: DD Practice in Southeast Asia........................................................285 Appendix I-4: DD Practice in South Asia..............................................................293 Appendix I-5: DD Practice in Australia.................................................................297 Appendix I-6: DD Practice in New Zealand.......................................................... 303 Appendix II: Select Country Reports..........................................................................309 Japan....................................................................................................................... 311 South Korea............................................................................................................ 323 Mongolia.................................................................................................................333 Taiwan.................................................................................................................... 339 Taiwan.................................................................................................................... 345 The Philippines....................................................................................................... 371 Australia................................................................................................................. 379 New Zealand...........................................................................................................391 Appendix III: List of Persons and Organizations Concerned.................................. 403 References...................................................................................................................... 413 About the Editor and Contributors................................................................................429 Index............................................................................................................................... 433 About the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy...........................................................441