Democratic Regressions in Asia

Introduction: democratic regression in Asia 1. Democratic regression in comparative perspective: scope, methods, and causes 2. Erosion or decay? Conceptualizing causes and mechanisms of democratic regression 3. Democratic decoupling 4. Elite capture, civil society and democratic backsliding in Bangladesh, Thailand and the Philippines 5. Agents of resistance and revival? Local election monitors and democratic fortunes in Asia 6. Pushback after backsliding? Unconstrained executive aggrandizement in the Philippines versus contested military-monarchical rule in Thailand 7. Democratic deconsolidation in East Asia: exploring system realignments in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan 8. Sources of resistance to democratic decline: Indonesian civil society and its trials 9. The pathway of democratic backsliding in Bangladesh 10. Exporting autocracy: how China's extra-jurisdictional autocratic influence caused democratic backsliding in Hong Kong 11. China's new regional responsiveness: passive agency and counter-agency in processes of democratic transitions in Asia 12. Democratic backsliding, regional governance and foreign policymaking in Southeast Asia: ASEAN, Indonesia and the Philippines