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Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization
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ABSTRACT
Southeast Asia, an economically dynamic and strategically vital region, seemed until recently to be transiting to more democratic politics. This progress has suddenly stalled or even gone into reverse, requiring that analysts seriously rethink their expectations and theorizing. The Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization provides the first book-length account of the reasons for democracy’s declining fortunes in the region today. Combining theory and case studies, it is structured in four major sections:
- Stunted Trajectories and Unhelpful Milieus
- Wavering Social Forces
- Uncertain Institutions
- Country cases and democratic guises
This interdisciplinary reference work addresses topics including the impact of belief systems, historical records, regional and global contexts, civil society, ethnicity, women, Islam, and social media. The performance of political institutions is also assessed, and the volume offers a series of in-depth case studies, evaluating the country records of particular democratic, hybrid, and authoritarian regimes from a democratization perspective. Bringing together nearly 30 key international experts in the field, this cutting-edge Handbook offers a comprehensive and fresh investigation into democracy in the region
This timely survey will be essential reading for scholars and students of Democratization and Asian Politics, as well as policymakers concerned with democracy’s setbacks in Southeast Asia and the implications for the region’s citizens.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART 1 Stunted trajectories and unhelpful milieus
chapter 1|21 pages
Democracy’s mixed fortunes in Southeast Asia: torpor, change, and trade-offs
chapter 2|14 pages
Dead idea (still) walking: the legacy of the “Asian democracy” and “Asian values” debate
part |2 pages
PART 2 Wavering social forces
chapter 6|17 pages
Demystifying ‘people power’: an elite interpretation of ‘democratization’ in Southeast Asia
chapter 8|18 pages
Conflict, oppositional spaces and political representation in Southeast Asia
chapter 9|12 pages
Civil society and democratisation in Southeast Asia: what is the connection?
chapter 13|22 pages
Hype or hubris? The political impact of the Internet and social networking in Southeast Asia
part |2 pages
PART 3 Uncertain institutions
chapter 15|13 pages
Rethinking party system institutionalization in Southeast Asia and beyond
chapter 16|18 pages
Democracy, hybridity, and accountability in Southeast Asia’s legislatures
chapter 18|17 pages
Democracy, the rule of law and governance in Southeast Asia
chapter 20|19 pages
Southeast Asian militaries in the age of democratization: from ruler to servant?
part |2 pages
PART 4 Country cases and democratic guises