Democratic regression in Asia: introduction

Croissant, Aurel and Haynes, Jeffrey (2020) Democratic regression in Asia: introduction. Democratization, 28 (1). pp. 1-21. ISSN 1743-890X

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Abstract / Description

Given Asia-Pacific’s diversity and the large variance of potentially relevant causal factors, the region presents social scientists with a natural laboratory to test competing theories of democratic erosion, decay and revival and to identify new patterns and relationships. This introductory article offers a brief review of the relevant literature and introduces the different categories of analysis that build the analytical framework considered in various forms in the special issue. The article discusses the reasons for the renewed pessimism in democratization and democracy studies and provides a survey of different conceptualizations intended to capture forms of democratic regression and the autocratization concept to which the contributors to this special issue adhere. We discuss how Asia-Pacific experiences fit into the debate about democracy’s deepening global recession and examine assumptions about the causes, catalysts and consequences of democratic regression and resilience in the comparative politics literature. Finally, the remaining twelve articles of this special issue will be introduced.

Item Type:	Article
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Uncontrolled Keywords:	autocratization; democratic backsliding; executive aggrandizement; democratic deconsolidation; autocracy promotion; populism; accountability; Southeast Asia; South Asia; East Asia
Subjects:	300 Social sciences > 320 Political science
Department:	School of Social Sciences
SWORD Depositor:	Pub Router
Depositing User:	Pub Router
Date Deposited:	08 Jan 2021 10:28
Last Modified:	12 Feb 2021 11:40
URI:	http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/id/eprint/6275

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