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Armed Forces
Asia
Author_Terence Lee
Authoritarian Regimes
Burma
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China
Crackdown
Defection
Demonstrations
Dictatorships
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Indonesia
Loyalty
Military
People Power
Personalism
Philippines
Power-sharing
Protests
Repression
Revolutions
Southeast Asia
Product details
- ISBN 9781421415161
- Weight: 476g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 02 Feb 2015
- Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Although social movements and media can help destabilize authoritarian governments, not all social protest is effective or culminates in the toppling of dictatorships. Frequently, the military's response determines the outcome. In Defect or Defend, Terence Lee uses four case studies from Asia to provide insight into the military's role during the transitional phase of regime change. Lee compares popular uprisings in the Philippines and Indonesia - both of which successfully engaged military support to bring down authoritarian rule - with protest movements in China and Burma which were violently suppressed by military forces. Lee's theory of "high personalism" and power-sharing among the armed forces leadership provides a framework for understanding the critical transitory phases of democratization. He uses this theory to review and assess Eastern Europe's democratization events in 1989, the Colored Revolutions of the early 2000s, and the protests and revolutions unfolding in the Middle East. This book will appeal to students and scholars of comparative politics, Asian studies, security studies, and international relations, as well as defense policymakers.
Terence Lee is an assistant professor of political science at the National University of Singapore.
