Democracy, Rights and Rhetoric in Southeast Asia

• Main Author: Poole, Avery (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy
• Subjects: Democracy.; Human rights.; Asia-Politics and government.; Regionalism.; Political communication.; Comparative politics.; Human Rights.; Asian Politics.; Political Communication.; Comparative Politics.

'Southeast Asia has become a more authoritarian place in the last decade, so why do regional elites continue to use the rhetoric of democracy and human rights? Why have non-democratic states even worked to establish human rights institutions? Avery Poole's book is an insightful, accessible...