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New Developments in India–Myanmar Bilateral Relations?

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2015
The article deals with bilateral relations between India and Myanmar. It argues that the current transformation processes offer a unique opportunity for a major readjustment of India’s foreign policy towards Myanmar. In taking on India’s perspective,
Pierre Gottschlich
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Beyond Democratic Tolerance: Witch Killings in Timor-Leste

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2015
Newly democratising states experience challenges in reconciling “traditional” or “customary” dispute resolution practices with newly established state-based legal systems based on the rule of law. For Timor-Leste, these tensions are pronounced in
Rebecca Strating, Beth Edmondson
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Low-Level Corruption Tolerance: An “Action-Based” Approach for Peru and Latin America

open access: yesJournal of Politics in Latin America, 2015
Since the beginning of the past decade, the tolerance of corruption by citizens of most Latin American countries has become a concept in its own right within the broader study of corruption. This construct, however, lacks a systematic approach and is yet
Joseph Pozsgai Alvarez
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Book Review: Haberkorn, Tyrell, Revolution Interrupted: ...

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2012
Book Review of the monograph: Haberkorn, Tyrell (2011), Revolution Interrupted: Farmers, Students, Law and Violence in Northern Thailand Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, ISBN: 978 0 299 28184 7, 256 ...
Fabian Drahmoune
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Micro-social and Contextual Sources of Democratic Attitudes in Latin America Las fuentes microsociales y contextuales de las actitudes democráticas en América Latina

open access: yesJournal of Politics in Latin America, 2011
Many Latin American countries democratized between 1975 and 2000, and research has confirmed that contemporary Latin Americans hold democratic political attitudes.
Eduardo Salinas, John A. Booth
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The End of Political Islam? A Comparative Analysis of Religious Parties in the Muslim Democracy of Indonesia

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2011
Why do some religious parties survive after adopting a moderate ideological outlook while others do not? The rise and fall of religious parties since the onset of democratic transition in Indonesia has set off an intriguing debate over the role and ...
Kikue Hamayotsu
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Governance Obstacles to Geothermal Energy Development in Indonesia

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2015
Despite having 40 per cent of the world’s potential for geothermal power production, Indonesia exploits less than five per cent of its own geothermal resources.
Matthew S. Winters, Matthew Cawvey
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Civil Society Action and Governance in Vietnam: Selected Findings from an Empirical Survey

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2010
In this article, findings from 300 standardized interviews with representatives of Civic Organizations in Ho Chi Minh-City and Ha Noi are presented. Following a view of civil society as a specific mode of social action and interaction, data analysis ...
Jörg Wischermann
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Neo-Patrimonialism and Subnational Authoritarianism in Mexico. The Case of Oaxaca Neopatrimonialismo y autoritarismo subnacional en México. El caso de Oaxaca

open access: yesJournal of Politics in Latin America, 2010
How do subnational authoritarian enclaves emerge (or survive) ina democratic transition at the federal level? How can they endure large-scalesocial protests, like the one that shook Oaxaca in 2006?
Julián Durazo Herrmann
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Review: Somchai Phatharathananunth (2006), Civil Society and Democratization. Social Movements in Northeast Thailand Buchbesprechung: Somchai Phatharathananunth (2006), Civil Society and Democratization. Social Movements in Northeast Thailand

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2009
Book Review of Somchai Phatharathananunth (2006), Civil Society and Democratization. Social Movements in Northeast Thailand, Copenhagen: NIAS Press; ISBN 10: 8791114381, 251 pages.
Wolfram Schaffar
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