William Case is professor and Head of School of Politics, History and International Relations at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. He was formerly professor at City University of Hong Kong and director of the Southeast Asia Research Centre there. He has held visiting positions at the University of Malaya, the National University of Malaysia, the University (Institute) MARA in Malaysia, University of Philippines at Diliman, Ateneo de Manila University, Yuchengco Centre at De La Salle University in Manila, Chulalongkorn University, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Jakarta.

• Part 1: Stunted Trajectories and Unhelpful Milieus 1. Democracy’s Mixed Fortunes in Southeast Asia: Torpor, Change, and Tradeoffs 2. Dead idea (still) walking: the legacy of the "Asian democracy and values" debate 3. Democratization & Human Rights in Southeast Asia 4. ASEAN, Regionalism and Democracy 5. The Global Context of Regime Change Part 2: Wavering Social Forces 6. Demystifying ‘People Power’: An Elite Interpretation of ‘Democratization’ in Southeast Asia 7. The Middle Class and Democracy in Southeast Asia 8. Conflict, Oppositional Spaces and Political Representation in Southeast Asia 9. Civil Society and Democratisation in Southeast Asia: What is the Connection? 10. Ethnicity and Democracy 11. Islam and Political Democracy 12. Women and democracy in Southeast Asia 13. Hype or Hubris? The Political Impact of the Internet and Social Networking in Southeast Asia Part 3: Uncertain Institutions 14. Electoral Systems in Southeast Asia 15. Rethinking Party System Institutionalization in Southeast Asia and Beyond 16. Democracy, Hybridity, and Accountability in Southeast Asia’s Legislatures 17. Courts and Judicialization in Southeast Asia 18. Democracy, the Rule of Law and Governance in Southeast Asia 19. Money Politics: Patronage and Clientelism in Southeast Asia 20. Southeast Asian Militaries in the Age of Democratization – From Ruler to Servant? Part 4: Country cases and democratic guises 21. Can the Philippines’ Wild Oligarchy Be Tamed? 22. Democracy in Thailand: Theory and Practice 23. Indonesia: Democratic Consolidation and Stagnation under Yudhoyono, 2004-2014 24. Singapore: from hegemonic to competitive authoritarianism 25. Malaysia: Pseudo-democracy and the making of a Malay-Islamic State 26. Myanmar: Transition, Praetorian Politics, and the Prospects for Democratic Change 27. Democracy and Vietnam

"Overall, the editor has organized a good review of a complex and diverse region. There are bibliographic references in each chapter. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." --G. A. McBeath, emeritus, University of Alaska Fairbanks, CHOICE