Democracy and Nationalism in Southeast Asia

Democracy and Nationalism in Southeast Asia
Author: Jacques Bertrand
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2021-04-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108491286

A unique, comparative-historical analysis of the impact of democratization on five nationalist conflicts in Southeast Asia.

Hard Choices

Hard Choices
Author: Donald K Emmerson
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2009
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9812309144

The region's most powerful organisation, ASEAN, is being challenged to ensure security and encourage democracy while simultaneously reinventing itself as a model of Asian regionalism. Ten analysts from six countries address the pressing questions that Southeast Asia faces in the 21st century.

Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia

Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia
Author: Aurel Croissant
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 453
Release: 2017-12-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3319681826

This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the political systems of all ASEAN countries and Timor-Leste from a comparative perspective. It investigates the political institutions, actors and processes in eleven states, covering democracies as well as autocratic regimes. Each country study includes an analysis of the current system of governance, the party and electoral system, and an assessment of the state, its legal system and administrative bodies. Students of political science and regional studies will also learn about processes of democratic transition and autocratic persistence, as well as how civil society and the media influence the political culture in each country.

Politics in Contemporary Southeast Asia

Politics in Contemporary Southeast Asia
Author: Damien Kingsbury
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2016-09-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317496280

The countries of Southeast Asia continue to change, evolve and chart courses that sometimes leave outside observers puzzled. Politics in Contemporary Southeast Asia thoroughly assesses the political challenges and changes faced by the countries of Southeast Asia in the 21st century. Focusing on political processes throughout, Kingsbury introduces readers to the challenges of representation and accountability of the regional governments, degrees of good governance and transparency, and the role of elites and militaries in shaping or determining political outcomes. This book provides: A comprehensive, but accessible, introduction to political change and processes in Southeast Asia. Analytic criteria for assessment of case studies. Detailed country-specific surveys. Information based on extensive research on, and work in, the region. Providing cutting-edge coverage of Southeast Asian politics in all regions, this highly accessible and comprehensive book is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on Southeast Asian Studies, Asian Politics, and Democratization.

Democratic Deconsolidation in Southeast Asia

Democratic Deconsolidation in Southeast Asia
Author: Marcus Mietzner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2021-08-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108589073

Since the mid-2000s, the quality of democracy around the world has been in decline, and Southeast Asia is no exception. This Element analyzes the extent, patterns and drivers of democratic deconsolidation in the three Southeast Asian countries that boast the longest history of electoral democracy in the region: Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. While the exact deconsolidation outcomes differ, all three nations have witnessed similar trends of democratic erosion. In each case, long-standing democratic deficiencies (such as clientelism, politicized security forces and non-democratic enclaves) have persisted; rising wealth inequality has triggered political oligarchization and subsequent populist responses embedded in identity politics; and ambitious middle classes have opted for non-democratic alternatives to safeguard their material advancement. As a result, all three polities have descended from their democratic peaks between the late 1980s and early 2000s, with few signs pointing to a return to previous democratization paths.

Stateness and Democracy in East Asia

Stateness and Democracy in East Asia
Author: Aurel Croissant
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2020-05-21
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108495745

Comparative analysis of case studies across East Asia provides new insights into the relationship between state building, stateness, and democracy.

Southeast Asian Responses to Globalization

Southeast Asian Responses to Globalization
Author: Francis Kok-Wah Loh
Publisher: NIAS Press
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2005
Genre: Democracy
ISBN: 9788791114434

Focuses on the globalization-democratization nexus and shows how governance is being restructured and democracy sometimes deepened in this new global era.

The East Asian Challenge for Democracy

The East Asian Challenge for Democracy
Author: Daniel A. Bell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2013-08-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1107470978

The rise of China, along with problems of governance in democratic countries, has reinvigorated the theory of political meritocracy. But what is the theory of political meritocracy and how can it set standards for evaluating political progress (and regress)? To help answer these questions, this volume gathers a series of commissioned research papers from an interdisciplinary group of leading philosophers, historians and social scientists. The result is the first book in decades to examine the rise (or revival) of political meritocracy and what it will mean for political developments in China and the rest of the world. Despite its limitations, meritocracy has contributed much to human flourishing in East Asia and beyond and will continue to do so in the future. This book is essential reading for those who wish to further the debate and perhaps even help to implement desirable forms of political change.

Government at a Glance Southeast Asia 2019

Government at a Glance Southeast Asia 2019
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2019-09-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9264305912

Government at a Glance Southeast Asia 2019 is the first edition in the Government at a Glance series for the region. It provides the latest available data on public administrations in the 10 ASEAN member countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam.