Low-quality democracy and varied authoritarianism: Elites and regimes in Southeast Asia today

Pacific Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-269

  Case, William ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Democracy; Elites; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; CORRUPTION; DEMOCRACY; DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HUMAN RIGHTS; MILITARY INTERVENTION; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; MYANMAR; PHILIPPINES; THAILAND; VIET NAM;

EID: 77449093533     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512740903068214     Document Type: Article

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