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Democratic Backsliding and the Resilience of Democracy in Asia: Contours, Causes, Consequences
- Lecturer
- Prof. Dr. Marco Bünte
- Details
- Hauptseminar
2 cred.h, ECTS studies, ECTS credits: 5
für Anfänger geeignet, Bachelor, Sprache Deutsch, 4 ECTS (alte PO), 5 ECTS (neue PO); Anmeldung: marco.buente@monash.edu
Time and place: Thu 14:15 - 15:45, KH 0.024
- Contents
- Democratic backsliding – the gradual decline in the quality of democracy – has been characterised as the key danger for democracies both within Europe and beyond. In Asia, we have seen quite divergent developments. On the one hand, we have seen instances of democratic backsliding in some of the young Southeast Asian democracies (Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand), whereas other democracies in East Asia (Taiwan and South Korea) have shown a certain degree of resilience. After discussing the concept and its usefulness, the seminar looks at the underlying causes of this phenomenon, contours in different country contexts and the consequences of democratic resilience/ backsliding for the regional order.
- Recommended literature
- Nancy Bermeo (2016): Democratic Backsliding, Journal of Democracy, 27(1), pp. 5-27. Levitsky, Steven/Daniel Ziblatt (2018): How democracies die. Crown Publishing. Waldner, David and Ellen Lust (2018): Unwelcome Change. Coming to terms with democratic backsliding, Annual Review of Political Science, 21, pp. 93-113.
- ECTS information:
- Title:
- Democratic Backsliding and the Resilience of Democracy in Asia: Contours, Causes, Consequences
- Credits: 5
- Additional information
- Expected participants: 20, Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 30
Registration is required for this lecture. Die Registration via: persönlich beim Dozenten
- Department: Institute for Political Science
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