Divided societies have long been seen as terrible terrain for democracy. Yet some countries
in South and Southeast Asia have managed to overcome ethnic and religious rifts and …

Central Asian states achieved independence during a period when there was widespread
support for liberal-democratic norms throughout the international system, but all five states in …

In his book Authoritarianism in an Age of Democracy, Jason Brownlee (2007) observed that
throughout the Third Wave a strand of authoritarian regimes, distinguished by dominant …

In keeping with much analysis of Southeast Asian politics today, the papers in this special
issue argue that it is less fruitful to study democratic transitions than authoritarian durability …

Although India and Pakistan were part of a single state until liberation from British colonial
rule in 1947, the former has since emerged as the world's largest" democracy, whereas the …

The fact that the Malaysian state has managed to maintain a relatively democratic regime,
while an authoritarian regime came to power in Indonesia has never been the focus of …

The 1997 Asian economic crisis discredited the international discussion about 'Asian values'
in Pacific Asia, replacing it with a globalised 'good governance'discourse. The financial …

After the global economic crisis of 2008, there has been a trend towards a configuration of
institutions and ideologies of state-society relations with a more intensified authoritarian …

Like the postcolonial world more generally, Southeast Asia exhibits tremendous variation in
state capacity and authoritarian durability. Ordering Power draws on theoretical insights …

The countries of Southeast Asia continue to change, evolve and chart courses that
sometimes leave outside observers puzzled. Politics in Contemporary Southeast Asia …