As Southeast Asia entered the twenty-first century, the procedures and practices associated with democracy had become important social facts in many parts of the region. Democratic participation has grown in the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
This report summarises an IDEAS workshop on voter engagement in Southeast Asia.
Read the report:
Democratisation & New Voter Mobilisation in Southeast Asia
Published May 2010
Preface: The evolution of Southeast Asian democracy
Dr. Munir Majid, LSE IDEAS
Introduction: Democratisation & New Voter Mobilisation in Southeast Asia
Dr. Eva-Lotta Hedman, LSE IDEAS
Forms of Campaigning and the Transformation of Political Parties
in Indonesia
Dr. Andreas Ufen, German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Moderation and the stagnation of the PKS in the 2009 legislative election
Mr. Syahrul Hidayat, University of Indonesia / Exeter
Message, Medium and Mobilisation in Malaysia: Paradigm Shift or Business as Usual?Prof. Joseph Liow, S. Rajaratnam School of Int’l Studies
Reflections of the 2008 Malaysian General Election: Role of the Internet in Political Communications
Mr. Ibrahim Suffian, Merdeka Centre for Opinion Research
Mobilising Voters in Southeast Asia: Take Thaksin, Take Thailand
Prof. Duncan McCargo, University of Leeds
Popular Mobilisation and Thai Democratisation: Thai Politics in
Late Rama IX Era
Mr. Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation Newspaper
Beyond Machine Politics? Reformism, Populism and Philippine Elections
Dr. Eva-Lotta Hedman, LSE IDEAS
Digital Democracy and Voter Mobilisation in the Philippines
Dr. Emmanuel Yujuico, LSE IDEAS
Buy print edition of this report from the LSE Online Shop.