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Ordering Power - Contentious Politics and Authoritarian Leviathans in Southeast Asia (Paperback)
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Ordering Power - Contentious Politics and Authoritarian Leviathans in Southeast Asia (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
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Like the postcolonial world more generally, Southeast Asia exhibits
tremendous variation in state capacity and authoritarian
durability. Ordering Power draws on theoretical insights dating
back to Thomas Hobbes to develop a unified framework for explaining
both of these political outcomes. States are especially strong and
dictatorships especially durable when they have their origins in
'protection pacts': broad elite coalitions unified by shared
support for heightened state power and tightened authoritarian
controls as bulwarks against especially threatening and challenging
types of contentious politics. These coalitions provide the elite
collective action underpinning strong states, robust ruling
parties, cohesive militaries, and durable authoritarian regimes -
all at the same time. Comparative-historical analysis of seven
Southeast Asian countries (Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, the
Philippines, Singapore, South Vietnam, and Thailand) reveals that
subtly divergent patterns of contentious politics after World War
II provide the best explanation for the dramatic divergence in
Southeast Asia's contemporary states and regimes.
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Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics |
Release date: |
August 2010 |
First published: |
August 2010 |
Authors: |
Dan Slater
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
319 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-521-16545-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
Comparative politics
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LSN: |
0-521-16545-8 |
Barcode: |
9780521165457 |
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