Brendan Howe is Dean and Professor of International Relations at Ewha Womans University Graduate School of International Studies, South Korea, and President of the Asian Political and International Studies Association.

• 1. Political Culture and Societal Exceptionalism: Challenges to Democracy?.- 2. Confucianism and Democracy in South Korea: A Comparative Perspective.- 3. Between the Internal Struggle and Electoral Rules Effect: The Challenges of Political Islam in a Democratic Indonesia.- 4. Civil Society and Democratization in South Korea.- 5. NGOs and Democratization in Indonesia: From Co-optation to Collaboration.- 6. From Post Child to Poor Cousin? Expanding the Frontiers of Economic Democracy in South Korea.- 7. Socio-Economic Conditions and Indonesia Democratic Support.- 8. The Social Basis of East Asian Democracy.