Although the idea that existing policies can have major effects on politics and policy
development is hardly new, the last three decades witnessed a major expansion of policy …

This article surveys the marquee events in the year ahead of Indonesia's 2024 election,
finding that the field of democratic political contestation has further narrowed due to the …

Populism has become one of the most commonly used concepts in contemporary political
science, albeit one which is often contested. Most of the discussion of populism, however …

This Element offers a way to understand the evolution of authoritarian rule in Southeast Asia.
The theoretical framework is based on a set of indicators (judged for their known advantages …

Conventional wisdom emerging from China and other autocracies claims that single-party
legislatures and elections are mutually beneficial for citizens and autocrats. This line of …

Retrofitting Leninism explains, through the lens of China, how open governance and
modern information technology come together to sustain a tightly controlled but socially …

Abstract The E-Participation Index of the United Nations E-Government Survey (EPI) has
become an important data source on e-participation progress around the globe. However, its …

Contrary to popular claims, civil society is not generally shrinking in Southeast Asia. It is
transforming, resulting in important shifts in the influences that can be exerted through it …

In The Roots of Resilience Meredith L. Weiss examines governance from the ground up in
the world's two most enduring electoral authoritarian or" hybrid" regimes—Singapore and …

Since the mid-2000s, the quality of democracy around the world has been in decline, and
Southeast Asia is no exception. This Element analyzes the extent, patterns and drivers of …