Introduction

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Roman David ◽  
Ian Holliday
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
Research Question ◽  
The Political ◽  
Ethnic Cleansing ◽  
Central Research ◽  
Authoritarian Rule ◽  
Interview Methodology

In the 2010s, Myanmar embarked on a transition away from half a century of authoritarian rule. In the process, however, positive signs of democratization contrasted with negative political developments, including ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims. Deep challenges of political democratization and transformation of the political culture thereby emerged. These challenges generate the central research question of this book: what are the prospects for liberal democracy in Myanmar? This introductory chapter situates this research question in the context of the democratization literature, describes the survey and interview methodology used in the search for an answer, and outlines the plan of the book.

Conclusion

2018 ◽  
pp. 199-204
Author(s):  
Roman David ◽  
Ian Holliday
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Large Cohort ◽  
The Political ◽  
Traditional Society ◽  
Popular Support ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Hybrid Regime

This chapter returns to the book’s core research question: what are the prospects for liberal democracy in Myanmar? It reviews answers generated by the six preceding substantive chapters, and pulls them together into a conclusion. It notes that the political situation inside the country is better at the end of the 2010s than it was at the beginning, with solid popular support for the shift away from authoritarianism. It further notes that opportunities for progress remain available within the political culture and society. In particular, the large cohort of NLD supporters has liberal inclinations that could be developed further. In a still rather traditional society, however, hierarchy continues to dominate. This places the onus on leadership, which to date has been lacking. It concludes that further movement away from the semi-democracy of Myanmar’s current hybrid regime towards one that can fairly be labelled liberal democracy is likely to be difficult, though not impossible.

Limited Liberalism

2018 ◽  
pp. 179-198
Author(s):  
Roman David ◽  
Ian Holliday
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
The Political ◽  
Hybrid Regimes

This chapter focuses on puzzling issues arising from the explorations undertaken in preceding chapters, and captures them in the notion of limited liberalism. It presents this concept as a critical analytical tool for understanding the nature of Myanmar’s transition. It opens by describing some contradictions that emerged from our exploration of Myanmar in reform, sets them in comparative perspective, and probes their limits or boundaries. It then devises the concept of limited liberalism, exposes its assumptions, and examines it as a property of the political culture of hybrid regimes. Finally, it returns to empirical study to investigate liberalism, illiberalism, and limited liberalism in our case. It concludes by using limited liberalism to chart the prospects for liberal democracy in Myanmar.

The Political Construction of a Coordinated Political Economy

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Philip Manow
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Research Question ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Central Research ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
The One

The first chapter motivates the book’s central research question: how did the German variant of capitalism emerge, and what today is its central functioning logic? The chapter argues that past and recent accounts of Germany’s economic performance and economic policy have failed to fully explain how long-term stable economic coordination could have evolved in as large a country as Germany, and that this has also translated into an often biased view of Germany’s current economic policies. The chapter sketches the basic argument of the book—namely that the German welfare state was the prime means of economic coordination for unions and employers, labor and capital—and situates it in two relevant literatures: the Varieties of Capitalism literature on the one hand and the Comparative Welfare State literature on the other. The chapter also presents an overview of the book.

Introduction

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul M. Sniderman ◽  
Michael Bang Petersen ◽  
Rune Slothuus ◽  
Rune Stubager
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
The Political ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Political Controversy

This introductory chapter sets out the book's purpose, which is to analyze the political controversy generated by the publication of twelve cartoons, some satirizing the prophet Mohammed, by Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in 2005. The reactions of some Middle Eastern governments and religious leaders outside Denmark, not to mention those of some Danish politicians, could not have been better calculated to provoke a backlash against Muslims in Denmark. But there was no backlash, which is, by orders of magnitude, the most important finding. The chapter then explains the present study offers that its many predecessors have not and explains underlying concepts, including the role of categorization in political judgments, the notion of opposing forces, and the paradoxical ethos of liberal democracy.

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Zoltan Barany
Keyword(s):  
Research Question ◽  
The Political ◽  
Central Research ◽  
The Subject

This section sets the scene for the book explaining the project’s origin and motivation and examines the scant literature on the subject. It poses the study’s central research question: how can we account for the Gulf militaries’ ineffectiveness despite their privileged material endowments? The Introduction then describes the key differences and similarities between the armies of Arab republics and monarchies. The political-structural and sociocultural variables that help explain the Gulf armies’ weaknesses are discussed, noting differences from and agreements with other key studies. The rest of this section briefly outlines the study’s historical institutionalist approach, discusses its sources, terminology, and timeframe, and offers a roadmap for the book.

Reactions of Diverse Groups to Politics in the Workplace

1996 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald R. Ferris ◽  
Dwight D. Frink ◽  
Dharm P.S. Bhawuk ◽  
Jing Zhou ◽  
David C. Gilmore
Keyword(s):  
Political Behavior ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Political Organization ◽  
The Political ◽  
Central Research ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
White Males ◽  
Behavior Outcomes ◽  
Diverse Groups ◽  
Racial Ethnic

The central research question examined in this study focused on whether diverse groups react differently. to politics in the workplace as a function of understanding. Understanding moderated the relationships between dimensions of politics perceptions and employee reactions for white males but not for racial/ethnic minorities, as hypothesized. The results for white females were mixed with significant moderating effects of understanding found for the Coworker Political Behavior-Outcomes relationships, and for the Political Organization Policies and Practices-Outcomes relationship. Implications of these results for theory and research are discussed.

Liberalism and Democracy in Myanmar

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman David ◽  
Ian Holliday
Keyword(s):  
Transitional Justice ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
Ethnic Cleansing ◽  
National Politics ◽  
Critical Question ◽  
Authoritarian Rule ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Aung San Suu Kyi ◽  
The Military ◽  
Depth Interviews

Historic Myanmar elections in November 2015 paved the way for an NLD government led by Aung San Suu Kyi to take office in March 2016, and saw the country deepen its graduated transition away from authoritarian rule. Nevertheless, military forces that for decades had dominated national politics remain privileged in a constitutional framework designed to deliver discipline-flourishing democracy. In August 2017, the military intensified its campaign of ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslim minority living mostly in Rakhine State, pushing the number of refugees seeking shelter in neighbouring Bangladesh to nearly one million. One critical question that now confronts the fifty million people of Myanmar, a major Southeast Asian nation, is whether the push for greater democracy is strong enough to prevail over the resistance of a powerful military machine and swelling undercurrents of intolerance. What are the prospects for liberal democracy in Myanmar? This book addresses this question by examining historical conditions, constitutionalism, popular support for democracy, major political actors, group relations and tolerance, and transitional justice. To probe the meaning of key concepts it presents a rich array of evidence, including eighty-eight in-depth interviews and three waves of surveys and survey experiments undertaken between 2014 and 2018, all of which are triangulated with constitutional and legal texts and reports issued locally and globally. The analysis culminates in the concept of limited liberalism, which reflects an at times puzzling blend of liberal and illiberal attitudes. The book concludes that a weakening of liberal commitments among politicians and citizens alike, allied with spreading limited liberal attitudes, casts doubt on the prospects for liberal democracy in Myanmar for the foreseeable future.

scholarly journals DECELERATING FACTORS OF THE LIBERAL-DEMOCRATIC TRANSFORMATIONS IN LATVIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-86
Author(s):  
Nataliya M. Khoma
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
Eu Membership ◽  
The Stability

The problem of the quality of Latvia’s democracy during the period of EU membership (2004-2020) is studied. Latvia’s progress / regression in strengthening the stability of the principles and values of liberal democracy is assessed. The author’s estimation of the reasons of growth of defects of democracy in Latvia is offered. Attention is drawn to the extent to which the political culture of Latvians corresponds to the values of liberal democracy.

scholarly journals Elite Political Culture as Problematic for Liberal Democracy in Pakistan: A Critical Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-241
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ashfaq ◽  
Yasmin Roofi
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
Political System ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
The State ◽  
The Body ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Critical Study ◽  
The Political ◽  
Secondary Sources

The elite political culture of Pakistan is comparatively feudalistic in nature as the base of power in the state. Political culture may be defined as how many people participate in the political procedure. It is a system of beliefs upon which a large majority of people agree. The history of the political culture of Pakistan has witnessed the domination of multiple elite groups. These major elites had influences on the political system. Gaetano Mosca, the founder of the Italian school of elitism enumerated the personal traits of these ruling elites, operating centrally as direct power holders of the body politics, The purpose of this research is to critically study the elite political culture and problematics created by this group for liberal democracy. This research will present the concept of elite political culture and how it emerged in the politics of Pakistan. It will also conclude that how elite political culture distorted or eclipsed specifically the smooth functioning of the liberal democratic political system of the state and society in general. For the completion of the proposed study, both primary, as well as secondary sources, have been used. While undertaking any research a peculiar methodology is applied to obtain the objectives of the study. Historical, narrative, descriptive, analytical and conceptual research methodology is applied. This is a descriptive analysis of elitism and presents this concept through different authors who treated this subject in different manners.

Introduction: Aristocratic women and Victorian political culture

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Jennifer Davey
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Political Reform ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
The Political ◽  
Close Attention ◽  
Political Careers ◽  
Political Status

This introductory chapter examines why historians have often overlooked the pivotal role Lady Mary Derby played in mid-Victorian politics. It argues that, despite the processes of political reform, the Victorian aristocracy still retained their political status. It explores how this status combined with particular features of political culture to help facilitate the political careers of aristocratic women. As such, it suggests that by paying close attention to Mary’s activities, we are afforded a fuller picture of Victorian political culture than might otherwise be the case. It then considers Victorian understandings of political femininity, exploring how contemporaries sought to explain, delineate, and confine female political influence. Finally, this chapter closes with an outline of the chapters that make up the rest of the book.

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