Democratic Recession, Autocratization, and Democratic Backlash in Southeast Asia

Dr. James Ockey lectures in the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.  He has published widely on democratization and autocratization in Thailand.  He is a co-founder and director of the Southeast Asia Research Initiative (SEARI) at the University of Canterbury. Dr. Naimah S. Talib is an adjunct senior fellow in the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury. Her research focuses on democratization and the role of Islam in politics in Southeast Asia. She has done extensive research on the history and politics of Malaysia and Brunei.

• Chapter 1: Democratic Decline and Rising Autocratization in Southeast Asia: An Organizing Framework.- Chapter 2: At the Sharp Edge of Power:  Philippines-China Relations and Democratic Erosion under Duterte.- Chapter 3: Anies Baswedan and Substate Populism in Jakarta, Indonesia.- Chapter 4: In Limbo: Islamist Populism and Democratic Stagnation in Malaysia.- Chapter 5: Democratic Backsliding in Malaysia: Executive Aggrandizement under Muhyiddin Yassin’s Government.- Chapter 6: Propagating and Resisting Authoritarian Innovation Online: Thailand’s ‘ROTC Cyber’ Activity. Chapter 7: Rural Grassroots Governance-Building in Myanmar.- Chapter 8: Returned Migrants and Democratization in Village Head Elections in Indonesia: A Glimpse of Hope from Indramayu.- Chapter 9: Regimes, Repression, Repertoires: Student Protest Movements and the Repertoires of Contention in the Philippines and Indonesia.- Chapter 10: Myanmar: From Hybrid Democracy to Violent Autocracy.