Rich, Roland. <br/><br/>
Parties and parliaments in Southeast Asia :  non-partisan chambers in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand / 
Roland Rich. 
 - London  :  Routledge,  2013. 
 - 273 p. ;  25 cm. 
 - Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series ;  50 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>A new institutional design option -- Theoretical and methodological considerations -- Institutional design in context -- The Philippines: a legislative voice for the marginalised -- Thailand: Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? the senate! -- Indonesia: political representation in a disparate archipelago -- Comparative analysis: yearning for exemplary representatives -- Conclusions: the limits of institutional design. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415629324 (hardback)  RM462.40 9780203097779 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political parties--Southeast Asia--Case studies.<br/>Representative government and representation--Southeast Asia--Case studies.<br/>Democracy--Southeast Asia--Case studies.<br/>Political parties--Indonesia.<br/>Representative government and representation--Indonesia.<br/>Political parties--Philippines.<br/>Representative government and representation--Philippines.<br/>Political parties--Thailand.<br/>Representative government and representation--Thailand.