This book provides insightful observations and analyses of Asian citizens' behaviour associated with requests to get a permit in conditions typically characterized by bureaucratic callousness. Using the AsiaBarometer Survey data on quality of life, it studies various types of behaviour using the multi-level regression models for 32 countries. In doing so, the book provides insights into how these societies cope with the state's bureaucratism using Albert Hirschman's concepts of Exit, Voice and Loyalty. Arguments are then juxtaposed with issues such as rampant corruption, government regulatory principles and measures, and calls by international organisations and non-governmental groups for business firms to be more strictly bound. Given the generally receding tide of democracy in Asian societies, this book will be of interest to academics, business, mass media and other professionals.

Autorentext
Takashi Inoguchi is a PhD at MIT, Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo, former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations and former President of the University of Niigata Prefecture and current University Guest Professor of J.F. Oberlin University (Tokyo). His latest works include The Quality of Life in Asia, Japanese Politics Today, Political Parties and Democracy and The Troubled Triangle.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Conceptual Scheme.- Chapter 3. rofiles of Twenty-nine Asian Societies in terms of Exit, Voice and Loyalty.- Chapter 4. Country Profiles of Twenty-nine Asian Societies: Logit Regression Analysis.- Chapter 5. Comparisons with Asian and non-Asian Societies: The United States, Australia, Japan, Russia, China and India.- Chapter 6. Discussion and Conclusion.- References.