Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization - 9781138313675

Taylor & Francis

Southeast Asia, an economically dynamic and strategically vital region, seemed until recently to be transiting to more democratic politics. This progress has suddenly stalled or even gone into reverse, requiring that analysts seriously rethink their expectations and theorizing. Now available in paperback, the Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization provides the first book-length account of the reasons for democracy\u2019s declining fortunes in the region today. Combining theory and case studies, it is structured in four major sections:\n--Stunted Trajectories and Unhelpful Milieus \n--Wavering Social Forces \n--Uncertain Institutions \n--Country cases and democratic guises \nThis interdisciplinary reference work addresses topics including the impact of belief systems, historical records, regional and global contexts, civil society, ethnicity, women, Islam, and social media. The performance of political institutions is also assessed, and the volume offers a series of in-n