Democratic Recession, Autocratization, and Democratic Backlash in Southeast Asia

ISBN-13: 9789811998102 / Angielski

James Ockey; Naimah Talib

Opis

This book presents a new organizing framework for studying democratic recession and autocratization in Southeast Asia. By introducing a new concept, “democratic backlash,” the book details how democratic recession inevitably provokes resistance that often forms the nucleus of new democratic movements, and in doing so, argues that it is important to identify these reverse trends that may eventually become dominant.

The book contributes to current literature which thus far has sought to understand the causes and consequences of the decline in democracy around the world. Previous literature has focused primarily on advanced democracies, or alternatively, on large scale quantitative comparison. As such, this book helps fill a research gap with its focus on Southeast Asia, employing a comparative case study approach.

Chapter authors are experts on Southeast Asia, a region that has experienced democratic recession and autocratization in a variety of ways, from rising populism to military coups.

Spis treści

Introduction

Democratic Decline and Rising Autocratization in Southeast Asia: A Framework 

for Analysis

Part One: Democratic Recession in Southeast Asia

The Sharp Edge of Power: China’s Power and Democratic Erosion in the Philippines

Challenging the Surveillance State: The Anti-Terrorism Act and the Decline of Philippine Democracy

Anies Baswedan and Sub-State Populism in Jakarta Indonesia

In Limbo: Islamist Populism and Democratic Stagnation in Malaysia

Part Two: Autocratization and Authoritarian Techniques

The ‘Backdoor’ Government and Executive Aggrandisement: Democratic Backsliding in Malaysia

Thailand’s Authoritarian Innovation and Its Resistance: The Case of Propaganda in ‘ROTC Cyber’ Activity

Part Three: Reinforcing Norms and Democratic Structures

Rural Grassroots Governance-Building in Myanmar

Democratization of rural Indonesia through village head election: A glimpse of hope from Indramayu

Not So Great Transformation: Democratization and Social Conflict in Timor-Leste

Part Four: Democratic Backlash

Regimes, Repression, Repertoires: Student Protest Movements and the Repertoires of Contention in the Philippines and Indonesia

A Time for Change: From a Hybrid Authoritarian Regime to the Creation of a New Federal Myanmar Army

Social Media and Democratic Recession in Southeast Asia

O autorze

Dr. James Ockey lectures in the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.  He has published widely on democratization and autocratization in Thailand.  He is a co-founder and director of the Southeast Asia Research Initiative (SEARI) at the University of Canterbury.

Dr. Naimah S. Talib is an adjunct senior fellow in the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury. Her research focuses on democratization and the role of Islam in politics in Southeast Asia. She has done extensive research on the history and politics of Malaysia and Brunei. 

Blurb

This book presents a new organizing framework for studying democratic recession and autocratization in Southeast Asia. By introducing a new concept, “democratic backlash,” the book details how democratic recession inevitably provokes resistance that often forms the nucleus of new democratic movements, and in doing so, argues that it is important to identify these reverse trends that may eventually become dominant.

The book contributes to current literature which thus far has sought to understand the causes and consequences of the decline in democracy around the world. Previous literature has focused primarily on advanced democracies, or alternatively, on large scale quantitative comparison. As such, this book helps fill a research gap with its focus on Southeast Asia, employing a comparative case study approach.

Chapter authors are experts on Southeast Asia, a region that has experienced democratic recession and autocratization in a variety of ways, from rising populism to military coups.

Dr. James Ockey lectures in the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.  He has published widely on democratization and autocratization in Thailand.  He is a co-founder and director of the Southeast Asia Research Initiative (SEARI) at the University of Canterbury.

Dr. Naimah S. Talib is an adjunct senior fellow in the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury. Her research focuses on democratization and the role of Islam in politics in Southeast Asia. She has done extensive research on the history and politics of Malaysia and Brunei.