This book provides a comprehensive empirical and theoretical analysis of the development of parties and party systems in Asia.

1. Introduction: rethinking party system institutionalization in Asia Allen Hicken and Erik Martinez Kuhonta; 2. The antidemocratic potential of party system institutionalization: Malaysia as morality tale? Meredith L. Weiss; 3. Institutionalized succession and hegemonic party cohesion in Singapore Netina Tan; 4. Party system institutionalization in Japan Kenneth Mori McElwain; 5. Long in the making: Taiwan's institutionalized party system Tun-jen Cheng and Yung-min Hsu; 6. The making and unmaking of the Communist Party and the single-party system of Vietnam Tuong Vu; 7. The institutionalization of the Communist Party and the party system in China Yongnian Zheng; 8. Party system institutionalization in India Csaba Nikolenyi; 9. Party and party system institutionalization in Cambodia Sorpong Peou; 10. Explaining party system institutionalization in Indonesia Paige Johnson Tan; 11. South Korea's weakly institutionalized party system Joseph Wong; 12. Thailand's feckless parties and party system: a path-dependent analysis Erik Martinez Kuhonta; 13. Party and party system institutionalization in the Philippines Allen Hicken; 14. Party system institutionalization: reflections based on the Asian cases Scott Mainwaring.