MARCO BÜNTE Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Asian Studies, German Institute of Global and Area Studies in Hamburg, Germany.PAUL W. CHAMBERS Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Political Science, University of Heidelberg, Germany and faculty member of Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand YOUNGHO CHO Doctoral student at the Department of Political Science in the University of Missouri, USAAUREL CROISSANT Director of the Institute of Political Science at the University of Heidelberg, GermanyALLEN HICKEN Associate Professor at Michigan University's Center for Southeast Asian Studies and Faculty Associate at the Center for Political Studies, UC San Diego, USAPARUEDEE NGUITRAGOOL Post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Political Science, University of Freiburg, GermanyCHONG-MIN PARK teaches political science at Korea University Seoul. BENJAMIN REILLY Director of the Centre for Democratic Institutions, Crawford School of Economics and Government at the Australian National University. ROLAND RICH Executive Head of the United Nations Democracy Fund. JÜRGEN RÜLAND Holds a chair in Political Science at the University of Freiburg, GermanyDOH CHULL SHIN Chair Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, USAMARK R. THOMPSON Professor of Political Science at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in GermanyCHRISTOPH TRINN Teaches Comparative Politics and Conflict Studies at the Institute of PoliticalScience, University of Heidelberg, GermanyANDREAS UFEN Senior Research Fellow at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, Germany. PHILIP VÖLKEL Teaches Comparative Politics and Asian Politics at the Institute of Political Science, University of Heidelberg, Germany

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• Introduction; M.Bünte & A.Croissant Contours and Barriers to Democratization in Southeast Asia: A Comparative Analysis of How Southeast Asians View Democracy; D.C.Shin & Y.Cho Associations and Social Networks in Southeast Asia: Schools of Democracy?; C.Park Moore Meets Gramsci and Burke in Southeast Asia: New Democracies and 'Civil' Societies; M.R.Thompson Political Islam and Democratization in Southeast Asia; A.Ufen Types of Democracy in Southeast Asia and Democratic Consolidation; A.Croissant Political Reform and the Demise of Consociationalism in Southeast Asia; B.Reilly Decentralization and Democratic Governance in Southeast Asia: Theoretical Views, Conceptual Pitfalls and Empirical Ambiguities; M.Bünte Coming Up Short? Party System Institutionalization in Southeast Asia; A.Hicken An Appreciation of the Human Rights Situation in Southeast Asia; R.Rich Democracy, the Military, and Security Sector Governance in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand; A.Croissant , P.W.Chambers , & P.Völkel Democratic Conflict Management Capabilities in Southeast Asia; C.Trinn Does Regime Type Matter? Southeast Asia's New Democracies and the Democratic Peace Hypothesis Revisited; J.Rüland & P.Nguitragool Conclusion: The Challenges and Prospects of Democratic Governance in Southeast Asia; A.Croissant & M.Bünte