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Political Parties and Popular Representation in Myanmar’s Democratisation Process

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2015
The article examines the role of political parties in Myanmar’s democratisation process. We argue that the substance of democratisation depends on popular representation through political parties but question their capacity to provide such ...
Kristian Stokke, Khine Win, Soe Myint Aung   +2 more
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Censoring the Press: A Barometer of Government Tolerance for Anti-regime Dissent under Authoritarian Rule

Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2016
This paper proposes that dissident leaders aiming to build mass opposition movements follow the mainstream press to help them gauge government tolerance for anti-government mass actions in repressive authoritarian regimes. Under conditions of censorship,
Elizabeth Ann Stein
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Russia and Myanmar – Friends in Need?

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2015
To date, few political scientists have researched the political, economic, and social relationships between Russia and Myanmar. The two countries, which at first glance may seem to have little in common, have intensified their cooperation in recent years.
Ludmila Lutz-Auras
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Towards a More Democratic Regime and Society? The Politics of Faith and Ethnicity in a Transitional Multi-Ethnic Malaysia

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2013
The rising antagonistic attitudes and tension between the Malay majority and ethnic and religious minorities in Malaysia since 2007 is intriguing because it has occurred when society experienced an unprecedentedly large-scale and assertive multi-ethnic ...
Kikue Hamayotsu
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Regional Security in East Asia: ASEAN’s Value Added and Limitations

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2010
This paper considers ASEAN’s value added and limitations as regards its ability to play a meaningful and practical security role in East Asia and the Asia Pacific.
Alice D. Ba
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Book Review: Heiduk, Felix (ed.): Security Sector Reform in Southeast Asia: From Policy to Practice

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2015
Book Review of the edited volume by Heiduk, Felix (ed.) (2014), Security Sector Reform in Southeast Asia: From Policy to Practice. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan, ISBN 978-0-230-22 896-2, 264 pages.
Leanne-Marie McCarthy-Cotter
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Student response paper submitted for course ACA-401/ACA-401D.
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Vietnamese Civic Organisations: Supporters of or Obstacles to Further Democratisation? Results from an Empirical Survey

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2016
In political science and in development cooperation, civic organisations (COs) under authoritarian rule are usually seen as supporters of processes that move towards democratisation. However, these organisations are sometimes criticised for their support
Jörg Wischermann, The Cuong BUI, Thi Viet Phuong DANG   +2 more
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Child-raising, Childbirth and Abortion In Extremis: Women’s Stories of Caring for and Losing Children during the Violence of 1965–1966 in Indonesia

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2013
In this paper I examine women survivors’ stories about childbirth and child-raising during the period of mass violence following Indonesia’s 1965 coup, as well as some accounts of abortion during detention.
Annie Pohlman
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Measuring Institutional Trust: Evidence from Guyana

Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2015
Institutional trust is often measured by several items that are analyzed individually or as sum-scores. However, it is difficult to summarize the results of individual-items analyses, whereas sum-scores may be meaningless if the dimensions that the items
Troy Devon Thomas, Koen Abts, Koenraad Stroeken, Patrick Vander Weyden   +3 more
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