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The plan for this book was provoked by an observation that in the first decade of the 2000s, the countries in Southeast Asia (SEA) are facing some degree of political unrest: Thailand’s astonishing two coups d’état since 2006, the rising political opposition to the long-established dominant ruling parties in Singapore and Cambodia, the rise of democratic forces under the logo ‘Bersih 4.0’ in a formerly calm Malaysia, the peace agreement on Bangsamoro in the Philippines, the increasing visibility of civil society in Vietnam, and the big step of general elections in Myanmar. The first reaction would be a simple question as to what has been going on with the democratic polity in the region after the few decades of nation building and the recent proliferation of neoliberalist globalization?
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Wungaeo, C.B. (2016). Conclusions: Globalization, Democracy and Challenges. In: Banpasirichote Wungaeo, C., Rehbein, B., Wun'gaeo, S. (eds) Globalization and Democracy in Southeast Asia. Frontiers of Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57654-5_14
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