Democratic Deconsolidation in Southeast Asia - Democratization and Its Obstacles in Southeast Asia

In 2016, Freedom House recorded the eleventh consecutive year of declining democratic freedoms, adding material to the growing political science literature on a global democratic recession. This Element explains the failure of democratization efforts in Southeast Asia, and why have autocracies proved so resistant to democratic opening?

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. Democratic Peaks 3. Democratic Descent; 4. Old Structures and Players; 5. Inequalities and their Politicization; 6. Democracy and the Middle Class; 7. Conclusion; 8. Bibliography.

Zusammenfassung

In 2016, Freedom House recorded the eleventh consecutive year of declining democratic freedoms, adding material to the growing political science literature on a global democratic recession. This Element explains the failure of democratization efforts in Southeast Asia, and why have autocracies proved so resistant to democratic opening?

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Marcus Mietzner, Marcus (Australian National University Mietzner, Mietzner Marcus
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781108468954
• ISBN: 978-1-108-46895-4
• Seiten: 75
• Serie: Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Political leaders & leadership, Political structures: democracy, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Political leaders and leadership, Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship