Democratic Recession, Autocratization, and Democratic Backlash in Southeast Asia - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9811998124 ISBN 13: 9789811998126

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023

Synopsis

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9811998124
• ISBN 13: 9789811998126
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 294
• Editor: Ockey James, Talib Naimah S.