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UID:the-liberal-state-and-its-discontents-in-southeast-asia
SUMMARY:The Liberal State and Its Discontents in Southeast Asia
LOCATION:Room 1.102
DESCRIPTION:It has been argued that Southeast Asia is in the vanguard of a 
 worldwide move towards illiberal and authoritarian forms of politics. In re
 cent years the region has notably witnessed a return to forms of strongman 
 politics reminiscent of those that were common throughout the region in the
  1960s. Yet Southeast Asian states frequently combine liberal and illiberal
  elements in unexpected and incongruous ways. With these developments in mi
 nd and using the liberal state as a conceptual focal point, this panel seek
 s to answer questions about how Southeast Asian political actors struggle t
 o shape political institutions, policies, and practices in ways that have i
 mplications for the character of the state on dimensions of relevance to li
 beral concerns broadly conceived. How are popular and populist movements an
 d leaders contesting rival conceptions of “the people” and its “others,” an
 d with what consequences? How are political actors managing religious deman
 ds and challenges to the state’s authority and legitimacy? How far are civi
 l society activists advocating universal values, often articulated in the l
 iberal language of individual rights and freedoms, able to establish and de
 fend islands of liberalism within otherwise undemocratic and illiberal regi
 mes? To what extent are formal institutional arrangements that are (ostensi
 bly) designed to safeguard the rights and freedoms of citizens, such as con
 stitutional courts, able to fulfil such roles?
URL:https://euroseas2019.org/program/panels/the-liberal-state-and-its-discontents-in-southeast-asia
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