... to the king, queen, heir, or regent. Email: < [email protected] >. © 2024 by The Regents of the University of California 2024 elections Move Forward Party political parties economic populism Thailand In the year prior to the momentous May 2023 elections, Thailand appeared...

... with the relaxing of COVID rules and the return of tourism, throwing a lifeline to a rapidly sinking Prayut, who himself switched to a new political party before the year’s end. © 2023 by The Regents of the University of California 2023 Thailand political parties coalitions constitutional court...

... and social movements in Taiwan politics. © 2020 by The Regents of the University of California 2020 Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party Kuomintang political parties realigning elections CAL CLARK, ALEXANDER C. TAN, AND KARL HO Was 2016 a Realigning Election in Taiwan? ABSTRACT The January 2016...

...Ngok MA Twenty years after 1997, political parties in Hong Kong are still underdeveloped. The hybrid regime has posed major constraints, as there are no governing parties, and democratic development is slow. The parties have also found it difficult to respond to value changes toward radicalization...

... by surprise, and instability returned to the arena. © 2018 by The Regents of the University of California 2018 maritime boundaries oil revenue elections political instability political parties volatility RUI GRAC¸A FEIJO´ Timor-Leste in 2017 Between a Diplomatic Victory and the Return...

... parties in the last three elections. © 2017 by The Regents of the University of California 2017 Japanese Communist Party elections political parties Japan Third Force KO MAEDA Explaining the Surges and Declines of the Japanese Communist Party ABSTRACT The Japanese Communist Party s...

... parties to compete on party platforms in place of clientelism. © 2015 by the Regents of the University of California 2015 electoral systems business cycles political parties LDP Japan FRANCES MCCALL ROSENBLUTH AND KYOHEI YAMADA Electoral Adaptation and Business Cycles in Post-1994 Japan...

... but not for independent social movements. Korea’s personal dictatorship was inimical to party development but engendered a contentious movement sector. © 2014 by the Regents of the University of California 2014 political parties social movements democracy Korea Taiwan YOONKYUNG LEE Diverging Patterns...

...Olli Hellmann Party systems in East Asia are characterized by a wide variety of party types, as formally institutionalized parties coexist next to informally and weakly institutionalized parties. This variety can be explained in terms of whether political parties enjoyed access to the developmental...

..., distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Korea civil society interest groups political parties U.S. beef imports JENNIFER S. OH Strong State and Strong Civil Society in Contemporary South Korea Challenges to Democratic Governance ABSTRACT...

... democratization because, on average, representativeness is weak, bureaucracy is more politicized, and rent-seeking behavior is widespread. Email: < [email protected] >. © 2012 by the Regents of the University of California 2012 political parties party systems critical junctures historical...

... laid the foundations for the Kuomintang s return to political dominance. K E Y WO R D S : critical elections, Taiwan, political parties, Kuomintang, Democratic Progressive Party THE START OF A NEW POLITICAL ERA: 2008? Taiwan s second democratic change of ruling parties, in 2008, appears to mark...

... consolidation political parties MARCUS MIETZNER Indonesia in 2009 Electoral Contestation and Economic Resilience ABSTRACT Indonesia in 2009 witnessed the election of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to his second and final term in office. Rebounding from an all-time low in the opinion polls in mid-2008...

... of California. 2008 Constitution democracy political parties Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra THE PARADOX OF THAILAND S 1997 PEOPLE S CONSTITUTION Be Careful What You Wish For Erik Martinez Kuhonta Abstract Thailand s adoption of a new constitution in 1997 was meant to advance farreaching reforms...

...David I. Steinberg; Myung Shin South Korea's political parties, previously characterized as vehicles by leaders to recruit entourages to win presidential elections, are becoming more ideologically oriented. The ruling party's new left-wing elites and a new labor party are central to these tensions...