Democracy's mixed fortunes in Southeast Asia : torpor, change, and trade-offs / William Case -- Dead idea (still) walking : the legacy of the "Asian democracy" and "Asian values" debate / Mark R. Thompson -- Democratization and human rights in Southeast Asia / Sorpong Peou -- ASEAN, regionalism and democracy / Mark Beeson and Kelly Gerard -- The global context of regime change / Thomas B. Pepinsky -- Demystifying 'people power' : an elite interpretation of 'democratization' in Southeast Asia / Yuki Fukuoka -- The middle class and democracy in Southeast Asia / Aim Sinpeng and Aries A. Arugay -- Conflict, oppositional spaces and political representation in Southeast Asia / Garry Rodan -- Civil society and democratisation in Southeast Asia : what is the connection? / Meredith L. Weiss -- Ethnicity and democracy / Joel Sawat Selway -- Islam and political democracy / Robert W. Hefner -- Women and democracy in Southeast Asia / Susan Blackburn -- Hype or hubris? The political impact of the Internet and social networking in Southeast Asia / Jason Abbott -- Electoral systems / Benjamin Reilly -- Rethinking party system institutionalization in Southeast Asia and beyond / Allen Hicken and Erik Martinez Kuhonta -- Democracy, hybridity, and accountability in Southeast Asia's legislatures / William Case -- Courts and judicialization in Southeast Asia / Bjoern Dressel -- Democracy, the rule of law and governance in Southeast Asia / Natasha Hamilton-Hart -- Money politics : patronage and clientelism in Southeast Asia / Edward Aspinall -- Southeast Asian militaries in the age of democratization : from ruler to servant? / Aurel Croissant -- Can the Philippines' wild oligarchy be tamed? / Nathan Gilbert Quimpo -- Democracy in Thailand : theory and practice / Federico Ferrara -- Indonesia : democratic consolidation and stagnation under Yudhoyono, 2004-2014 / Marcus Mietzner -- Singapore : from hegemonic to competitive authoritarianism / Stephan Ortmann -- Malaysia pseudo-democracy and the making of a Malay-Islamic state / James Chin -- Myanmar : transition, praetorian politics, and the prospects for democratic change / Renaud Egreteau -- Democracy and Vietnam / Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet.
Summary:
"Southeast Asia offers unique opportunities for the comparative analysis of democratization. The Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization provides a comprehensive overview of the development of democracy in the region and shows that political and structural factors differ strikingly across countries. Combining theory and case studies, it is structured in three major sections: Social segments and change processes - Institutions - Country cases and democratic guises. Contributing to on-going debates in the field, this interdisciplinary reference work explores the value systems, social structures and institutions which can affect democratization. At the same time, it tracks the pattern of fragile unfolding and gradual stabilization of democracy, as well as its resultant cost, rollback or even breakdown in the region. Bringing together over 25 key international experts in the field, this cutting-edge Handbook is designed to disaggregate, then order, the many variables that punctuate Southeast Asia's socio-political and economic terrain, and to produce a detailed account of the mixed fortunes of democracy in the region"-- Provided by publisher.
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