This article develops the menu of autocratic innovation to account for a perceived
transformation in the nature of autocratic rule. Drawing from an original list of 20 techniques …

Contemporary democratic backsliding typically unfolds gradually, as elected incumbents
slowly and relentlessly subvert democratic institutions without openly questioning the …

The article reviews recent literature on bureaucratic experts as political actors in
democracies, with a focus on their complex, sometimes conflictive relationships with …

This article analyses the practice of state-operated fact-checking websites in Malaysia,
Singapore, and Thailand. It is the first empirical study of governmental news corrections in …

Curato and Fossati's concept of authoritarian innovations encourages scholars to look
beyond the nominal categories in which we may classify political regimes and to focus …

Contrary to popular claims, civil society is not generally shrinking in Southeast Asia. It is
transforming, resulting in important shifts in the influences that can be exerted through it …

This article considers authoritarian linkage politics and its relationship to regime stability.
Between 2012 and 2018, Cambodia experienced its worst political crisis in a decade …

Documents play a vital role in constructing political regimes and their geopolitical relations.
In this article, we analyse a particular type of document–the 21st century national vision–and …

This chapter discusses the puzzle of illiberal practices as a constitutional problem. Illiberal
rulers tend to gradually arrogate executive powers and secure their hold on elected office …

A growing body of evidence attests that legislators are sometimes responsive to the policy
preferences of citizens in single-party regimes, yet debate surrounds the mechanisms …