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Podcast: New Books in Political Science
Episode: Unpacking Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia with Dan Slater
Description: Today’s episode focuses on a major issue of enduring importance in Southeast Asia and in Southeast Asian Studies: authoritarianism. Even today, various forms of dictatorship remain alive and well across Southeast Asia, raising questions about their origins, their endurance, and the prospects for their evolution. To discuss these issues, we are joined by Dan Slater, one of the world’s leading specialists on authoritarianism in Southeast Asia and the author of important and influential works on this topic and more broadly on the politics of the region.Dan Slater is the James Orin Murfin Professor of Poli...