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Contention and Regime Change in Asia

Contrasting Dynamics in Indonesia, South Korea, and Thailand

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Authors:
  1. Linda Maduz

    1. Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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  • Applies concepts and methods used in social movement research to the study of regime change
  • Highlights a dimension of regime change that is generally under-researched in the literature
  • Utilizes a dataset on protest events over a period of 20 years in three Asian countries

Part of the book series: Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century (CDC)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. A Fresh Look at the Interrelationship Between Protest Dynamics and Regime Change

    • Linda Maduz
    Pages 1-12

  3. Old Concepts, Newly Combined—And a New Dataset

    • Linda Maduz
    Pages 13-46

  4. Contrasting Protest Dynamics in Indonesia, South Korea, and Thailand (1985–2005)

    • Linda Maduz
    Pages 47-55

  5. Where Does the Power of the People Lie? Organization and Forms of Protest During Regime Change

    • Linda Maduz
    Pages 57-97

  6. What Are They Shouting About? Protest Demands During Regime Change

    • Linda Maduz
    Pages 99-127

  7. Opposition from Within? Mobilization and Organization of Civil and Political Society During Regime Change

    • Linda Maduz
    Pages 129-171

  8. Rise of the Previously Excluded Classes? Mobilization and Organization of Workers, Farmers, and Students During Regime Change

    • Linda Maduz
    Pages 173-208

  9. Repression and Protest During Regime Change: Democratization as an Interactive Process Between Power Holders and Challengers

    • Linda Maduz
    Pages 209-250

  10. Final Discussion and Conclusion: Dynamic Transitions and Their Implications

    • Linda Maduz
    Pages 251-273

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 275-320
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About this book

In undemocratic settings, where modes of political participation and interest mediation are severely limited, protest may become a major form of political action. When and why does popular upsurge occur in such a setting? What form does it take and what do people ask for? When does protest become regime-threatening? And how does the authoritarian government react? This book explains the dynamics we observe during regime change facing high contention, in which much is at stake both for those in power and their challengers. Focussing on the experiences of democratizing countries in Asia, the author shows that even in the chaotic context of regime change there are regularities in when and how people mobilize. The book applies concepts and methods used in social movement research to the study of regime change and is based on a newly collected protest event dataset of 20 years for Indonesia, South Korea, and Thailand.

Reviews

“Regime transitions are complex processes, involving various political and social action. While much research on democratisation processes has focused on elites, this very interesting volume contributes to the growing attention to the role of protest and social movements. With rich empirical data analysed within a comparative and historical perspective, the books helps our understanding of contentious politics in extraordinary times.” (Donatella della Porta, Dean of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Director of the PhD program Political Science and Sociology, Director of Centre of Social Movements Studies, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy)
“Linda Maduz offers a rich and novel account of the dynamic interactions between protest and democratization processes. Based on original protest event data for Indonesia, Korea and Thailand, she forcefully shows the power of dynamic contention for regime change.” (Swen Hutter, FU Berlin and WZB Berlin, Germany)



Authors and Affiliations

  • Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Linda Maduz

About the author

Linda Maduz is a senior researcher at the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Contention and Regime Change in Asia

  • Book Subtitle: Contrasting Dynamics in Indonesia, South Korea, and Thailand

  • Authors: Linda Maduz

  • Series Title: Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49220-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-49219-9Published: 25 August 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-49222-9Published: 25 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-49220-5Published: 24 August 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2946-3416

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-3424

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 320

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Asian Politics, Comparative Politics, Political Sociology

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