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Springer Verlag, Singapore Democratic Recession, Autocratization, and Democratic Backlash in Southeast Asia
Book SynopsisThis 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.Table of ContentsIntroductionDemocratic Decline and Rising Autocratization in Southeast Asia: A Framework for AnalysisPart One: Democratic Recession in Southeast AsiaThe Sharp Edge of Power: China’s Power and Democratic Erosion in the PhilippinesChallenging the Surveillance State: The Anti-Terrorism Act and the Decline of Philippine DemocracyAnies Baswedan and Sub-State Populism in Jakarta IndonesiaIn Limbo: Islamist Populism and Democratic Stagnation in MalaysiaPart Two: Autocratization and Authoritarian TechniquesThe ‘Backdoor’ Government and Executive Aggrandisement: Democratic Backsliding in MalaysiaThailand’s Authoritarian Innovation and Its Resistance: The Case of Propaganda in ‘ROTC Cyber’ ActivityPart Three: Reinforcing Norms and Democratic StructuresRural Grassroots Governance-Building in MyanmarDemocratization of rural Indonesia through village head election: A glimpse of hope from IndramayuNot So Great Transformation: Democratization and Social Conflict in Timor-LestePart Four: Democratic BacklashRegimes, Repression, Repertoires: Student Protest Movements and the Repertoires of Contention in the Philippines and IndonesiaA Time for Change: From a Hybrid Authoritarian Regime to the Creation of a New Federal Myanmar ArmySocial Media and Democratic Recession in Southeast Asia
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Comparative Studies on Pandemic Control Policies
Book SynopsisThis book documents and analyses the differentiated control policies, the determinant factors behind, social resilience, and international relations during the pandemic from a comparative perspective in a facts-based, data-supporting manner. The intermittent outbreak of cases, public sentiments after long anxiety, questions over the efficacy of vaccines, have forced governments as well as the public to rethink differing approaches and policies in the combat against not just COVID, but the delta variant. In this context, this book establishes itself as a timely product, perhaps the first of its kind, to provide a widely covered individual country-based observation of policies, with an emphasis on multidimensional determinant factors behind the policies. A comparative study of social resilience during the pandemic constitutes another highlight of the book. The different policies tested social resilience differently in parameters such as mortality rates, vaccination coverage, social mobility, travel arrangements, trust in government, and general human development. Above and beyond observations and analyses at local and national levels, this book expands its scope to incorporate international relations, contemplating over the impacts of the pandemic on international relations, power shifts, and new world/global orders, crystallized in the indisputable rise of China. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Public Policies in Controlling Pandemic.- Cultural and Historical Comparison of Factors Behind Pandemic Control Policies.- Political, Institutional, and State Theory Comparison. Governmental Intervention or Civil Cooperation? Reliance on Governmental Arrangement Versus Resort to Institutional Power?.- International Relations and Great Power Comparison. Changes in the Soft Power and Nation Branding for Individual Countries Following their Handling of the Pandemic, Etc.- Public Health Systems and Social Policy System Regimes Comparison.- Public Wealth Regimes and Impact on Pandemic Control Policy and Social Resilience.- Economic Comparison: Costs and Benefits of Different Control Policies.- Comprehensive/ “Great Game” Strategy Comparison. Issues Around the Various Schools of Thought, Including Conspiracy Theories, Relationship Between the Pandemic, Pandemic-Control, China’s Rise, and New World Order (International Power Shift), Economic Production, and Global Supply Chain Changes, as Well as Impacts on Policymaking, Etc.- Social Resilience.- Data-Driven, Data-Supported Analysis of Resilience, Like Social and Psychological Resilience Comparison.- Sociology of the Pandemic and the Impact on Social Resilience: Comparative Studies.- Big Data Social Resilience Analysis Comparative Studies.- Economic and Political Comparison in Resilience.- “New Normal” Preparing for and Resulting From “Living With Covid.”.- Public Sentiments, Public Trust in Governance Affect Pandemic Control, Public Backlash After Once Successful Handling Of Pandemic by Coercive Force.- Social Costs and Benefits Analysis of Pandemic Control Policies.- Will Leave for Other Issues of Comparative Nature Surrounding the Pandemic Studies. Current Chapters Include.- Comparison of Pandemics in History. What was the Social, Economic, Diplomatic, as Well as Political Implications by Previous Well-Known Pandemics in History, such as the Black Death in the 14th Century, Harbin Plaque in 1910~1911, The Spanish Flu Pandemic in 1918~1919, and The SARS in 2002-2003?.- Vaccination-Related Topics, such as Comparison of Efficacy of Various Vaccines, Attitudes Towards Vaccine, Vaccine Passport, and Others. China’s International Participation in Vaccine Provision?.- Corona-A New Grand Narrative?.- Other Topics. Geographical Comparison: Routes of Pandemic Spreading and Border Re-Opening.
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NUS Press Towards a New Malaysia?: The 2018 Election and Its Aftermath
Book SynopsisMalaysia's 2018 election (GE14) brought down a ruling party in power since independence in 1957. This book tells the full story of this historic election, combining a sharp analysis of the voting data with consideration of the key issues, campaign strategies, and mobilization efforts that played out during the election period in April and May of 2018. This analysis is then used to bring fresh ideas and perspectives to bear on the core debates about Malaysian political ideas, identities and behaviors, debates that continue to shape the country's destiny.However optimistic many Malaysians may be for the possibility of a more representative, accountable, participatory, and equitable polity, the authors do not see GE14 as a clear harbinger of full-on liberalization in Malaysia. While the political aftermath of the election continues to play out, the authors provide a clarion call for deeper, more critical, more comparative research on Malaysia's politics. They complicate well-known angles on and elevate too-little-studied dimensions of Malaysian politics, and suggest agendas for empirically interesting, theoretically relevant further research. They also point to the broader insights Malaysia's experience provides for the study of elections and political change in one-party dominant states around the world.Trade Review“Towards a New Malaysia? is a solid contribution to the broader literature on Malaysian politics and wider issues pertaining to democratic transitions. The book also contains chapters by a substantial number of younger Malaysia-based academics and sheds light on several key issues regarding the 2018 elections.” -- Francis E. Hutchinson * Contemporary Southeast Asia *“This edited volume is comprehensive, with political and electoral analyses on various dimensions of GE 2018 and beyond. The findings highlighted by the authors of various backgrounds and approaches largely complement each other, although there are also conflicting thoughts among them, which demonstrates diverse views.” -- Muhamad M N Nadzri * SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia *"The contributors to this volume provide a thoroughly comprehensive examination of Malaysia’s historic 2018 general elections. This volume advances important analyses not just of Malaysian politics, but also studies of coalition politics in electoral authoritarianism in developing countries. Readers will also appreciate it for motivating numerous pathways for future research." * Pacific Affairs *
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Oxford University Press Temptations of Power
Book SynopsisIn 1989, Francis Fukuyama famously declared that we had reached the end of history, and that liberal democracy would be the reigning ideology from now on. But Fukuyama failed to reckon with the idea of illiberal democracy. What if majorities, working through the democratic process, decide they would rather not accept gender equality and other human rights norms that Western democracies take for granted? Nowhere have such considerations become more relevant than in the Middle East, where the Arab uprisings of 2011 swept the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist parties into power. Since then, one question has been on everyone''s mind: what do Islamists really want?In Temptations of Power, noted Brookings scholar Shadi Hamid draws on hundreds of interviews with Islamist leaders and rank-and-file activists to offer an in-depth look at the past, present, and future of Islamist parties across the Arab world. The oldest and most influential of these groups, the Muslim Brotherhood, initially Trade ReviewAn Egyptian colleague of mine recently suggested that Hamid, who has emerged as a prominent commentator on the Muslim Brotherhood in recent years, had been duped by the organization. My colleague should read Hamids book; so should others. Many observers have explored the question of whether Islamist moderation is tactical or sincere. Hamids answer is clear: it is tactical. Hamid has extensively researched the Brotherhoods branches in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia. * John Waterbury, Book of the year 2014, Foreign Affairs *An important and fresh contribution to our understanding of political Islam, Temptations of Power offers an insider and intimate perspective on Islamic movements and the rationale behind their leadership and survival. Drawing from many interviews with Islamists in the Middle East, the book uncovers aspects of political Islam that can sound counterintuitive to general audiences. * Reza Akhlaghi, Book of the year 2014, Foreign Policy Association *Table of Contents1. Islamists in Transition ; 2. Democrats Before Democracy ; 3. The Promise of Politics ; 4. The Turn to Repression ; 5. Learning to Lose ; 6. Temptations of Power ; 7. Illiberal Democracy ; 8. A Tunisian Exception? ; 9. The Past and Future of Political Islam
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OUP USA China Goes Global
Book SynopsisEminent China scholar David Shambaugh's China Goes Global is the sweeping synthesis of that nation's growing prominence on the world stage that we have been waiting for. He will draw on his extremely deep knowledge of the subject to offer a balanced and well reasoned account of where China is now and where he thinks it is headed.Trade Reviewa fascinating and scholarly challenge to the received wisdom about China's rise, and an important critique of the accepted narrative of Chinese expansionism. * The Economist *Highly recommended. * S.K. Ma, CHOICE *one of the most serious studies of contemporary China ... Given its mastery of an enormous quantity of information and theoretical insights, the book is of value to both experts in scholarly and policy fields, and general readers. * Wenshan Jia, Journal of Chinese Political Science *Shambaugh's book represents a great read for academic society and everyone curious about how China, a country of many contradictions, treads its path to become a major power. * Tirena Leinert Novosel, Croatian International Relations Review *Table of ContentsPreface ; I. Understanding China's Global Impact ; II. China's Global Identities ; III. China's Global Diplomatic Presence ; IV. China and Global Governance ; V. China's Global Economic Presence ; VI. China's Global Cultural Presence ; VII. China's Global Security Presence ; VIII. Coping with a Globalized China
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Presidency and Domestic Policy
Book SynopsisThis book systematically examines the first terms of every president from FDR to Joe Biden and assesses the leadership style and policy agenda of each. Success in bringing about policy change is shown to hinge on the leadership style and skill in managing a variety of institutional and public relationships. Presidents are evaluated based on the level of opportunity they faced. The third edition of this timely book adds chapters on Donald Trump and Joe Biden and focuses on the significant domestic policy challenges of their respective times. For students of presidential history, leadership, and public policy, The Presidency and Domestic Policy provides unique insights into contemporary presidential leadership in a highly partisan age.New to the Third Edition Two new chapters focusing on Trump and Biden, showing its policy similarities as well as differences from earlier administrations A reassessment of the domestic policy legacies of Bill Clin
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