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[ADRN Working Paper] Pandemic Crisis and Democratic Governance in Southeast Asia - Part II

2021-07-19

ADRN Working Paper

Pandemic Crisis and Democratic Governance in Southeast Asia
- Part II –

ADRN members from Southeast Asia

- Indonesia & Philippies & Thailand –

The outbreak of COVID-19 has proven that new forms of threat can heavily affect the development of democracy as well as democratic practices. COVID-19 is not only a life-threatening issue; it is also evolving into a problem for the maintenance and promotion of democracy. In order to address this global issue, the Asia Democracy Research Network (ADRN) has been conducting research on the Pandemic Crisis and Democratic Governance based on country cases since 2020. EAI had published eleven working papers for the first part of this research project in March. This second part of the working paper is the updated version that includes any changes and updates that occurred. The second set of Part II working papers includes the cases of Southeast Asia.

Country Case 1: Indonesia

Pandemic Crisis and Democratic Governance: Indonesia’s Experience to Conquer COVID 19 Pandemic

Sri Nuryanti, a researcher from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, analyzes how Indonesia depended on democracy during the pandemic. The author asks whether democratic values are suitable for coping with the pandemic, based on data showing that democratic countries tend to have poorer performances than authoritarian countries.

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Country Case 2: Philippines

Pandemic Governance in the Philippines: Democratic Recession and Corruption Risks

Francisco A. Magno of the Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance analyzes how the democratic recession has negatively affected public accountability in the Philippines. Using the example of the outbreak of corruption scandals that accompanied the pandemic crisis, the author insists that populism triggered authoritarian tendencies in the country, which then diminished the role of democratic institutions and systems of checks and balances.

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Country Case 3: Thailand

Pandemic Crisis and Democratic Governance in Thailand

Thawilwadee Bureekul, Ratchawadee Sangmahamad, and Nuchaprapar Moksart from King Prajadhipok’s Institute analyze the third wave of COVID-19 infections currently impacting Thailand. By taking a closer look at the responses from the government and other sectors, the authors suggest policy recommendations and present lessons learned from the pandemic in Thailand.

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