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Civil Society's Inconsistent Liberalism in Southeast Asia: Exercising Accountability Along Differing Diagonals by Weiss, Meredith L.

“…Predating but intensifying with the public health and economic crises COVID-19 sparked has been a political one, of democratic decline or autocratic…”
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The Limits of “Populism”: How Malaysia Misses the Mark and Why That Matters by Weiss, Meredith L.

“…Politics in Malaysia seems ripe for a populist upsurge. Parties assume fairly exclusive, ethnic boundaries, inviting insider–outsider pandering. Personalities…”
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Civil Society and Democratic Decline in Southeast Asia by Bünte, Marco, Weiss, Meredith L.

“…This paper introduces a special issue that examines civil society and democratic decline in Southeast Asia. Using the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand,…”
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The Politics of Government–Business Relations in Urban Southeast Asia: Introduction and Overview by Hutchcroft, Paul D., Aspinall, Edward, Weiss, Meredith L., Hicken, Allen

“…Recognising the increasingly urban character of Southeast Asian politics, our introduction to this special issue explores the varied patterns of…”
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The Business of Governing Penang: Workarounds as Remedy? by Chan, Xin Ying, Weiss, Meredith L., Yeoh, Tricia

“…The state of Penang, including city councils for island Pulau Pinang (with urban-core George Town) and mainland Seberang Perai, has negotiated at least a…”
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Parsing the Power of "New Media" in Malaysia by Weiss, Meredith L.

“…While "new media" have substantially altered the landscape for information dissemination and social mobilisation, these media are neither all alike in their…”
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Of inequality and irritation: new agendas and activism in Malaysia and Singapore by Weiss, Meredith L.

“…Democratization may best be understood in terms of movement towards fair representation and empowerment across all society. Electoral authoritarian, or…”
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Scapegoating queers: Pink-blocking as state strategy by Weiss, Meredith L

“…Malaysia’s ‘democratic transition’ in May 2018, when a challenger coalition ousted the long-dominant incumbent coalition, raised hopes of a new political…”
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Duelling networks: relational clientelism in electoral-authoritarian Malaysia by Weiss, Meredith L.

“…Malaysia's May 2018 elections saw the ignominious defeat of the long-dominant Barisan Nasional (National Front, BN) coalition at the hands of the alternative…”
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Is Malaysian democracy backsliding or merely staying put? by Weiss, Meredith L

“…Observers proclaimed Malaysia's first-ever transfer of federal power through elections in 2018 as marking a democratic transition, only to see in the reversal…”
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Legacies of the Cold War in Malaysia: Anything but Communism by Weiss, Meredith L.

“…Malaya's anti-communist Emergency of 1948-1960 demonstrated the lengths to which elites - first British colonial, then local - were prepared to go to combat…”
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Buying Brokers: Electoral Handouts beyond Clientelism in a Weak-Party State by Hicken, Allen, Aspinall, Edward, Weiss, Meredith L, Muhtadi, Burhanuddin

“…Abstract Studies of electoral clientelism—the contingent exchange of material benefits for electoral support—frequently presume the presence of strong parties…”
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Building solidarity on the margins: Seeking SOGIE rights in ASEAN by Weiss, Meredith L.

“…The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) declares each person "entitled without discrimination to equal protection of…”
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Coalitions and Competition in Malaysia -Incremental Transformation of a Strong-party System by Weiss, Meredith L

“…The seeming entrenchment of a two-coalition system in Malaysia solidifies the centrality of strongly institutionalised parties in the polity. The primary…”
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Survive and Thrive: Field Research in Authoritarian Southeast Asia by Morgenbesser, Lee, Weiss, Meredith L.

“…The literature on field research methods has focused almost exclusively on the strategies available to scholars working in democracies. By comparison, there…”
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Can Civil Society Safeguard Rights in Asia? by Weiss, Meredith L.

“…As the Cold War waned, civil society came to be regarded as the domain that made democracy work. Optimism and attention nevertheless faded as new democracies…”
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Indonesia in 2019: Democracy and Its Critics by WEISS, MEREDITH L.

“…A tumultuous year brought Indonesia from a polarizing general election to disparate waves of mass protests that tested the state’s tether and revealed…”
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Going to the ground (or AstroTurf): a grassroots view of regime resilience by Weiss, Meredith L.

“…While disproportional resources and curbs on civil and political rights clearly matter to electoral authoritarian persistence, long-term acculturation to…”
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Payoffs, Parties, or Policies: "Money Politics" and Electoral Authoritarian Resilience by Weiss, Meredith L.

“…A key part of what sustains electoral authoritarianism over the long term is genuine popular support. Dominant parties, particularly in a developmental context…”
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Resistance and Resilience: Coping With/Against the State by Weiss, Meredith L.

“…Southeast Asia offers a bewildering panoply of forms and outcomes of social resistance contra the state. At the same time, regimes across the region are…”
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