From the Back Cover
Governance in Transition Societies brings together a diverse group of scholars from East and Southeast Asia with an interest in political transitions. The edited volume critically examines the nuances of governance and political change in the region. The book will be of interest to scholars, practitioners and students who are concerned with political and developmental trends in East and Southeast Asia. Contributors offer comparative insights that will appeal to a wider audience concerned with emerging patterns of governance and democracy.
Adam Tyson, Associate Professor and Pro Dean International, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Leeds, UK
This book brings together scholars based in, or had previously been based in a range of East and Southeast Asian countries, building on their respective primary empirical data and first-hand experience as academics and think tank researchers, in order to pluralise the current debates about governance intransitional societies. In an era of global democratic backsliding, this edited volume offers less-explored local perspectives, to balance the Western-centrism observed in area studies and the focus on former Soviet countries in transit. What is the future of governance in Asia? This book, by attempting to supply a diversity of answers, will interest political scientists, economists, and journalists.
Chi Zhang is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of St Andrews, and an Associate Member of the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence. She has published in the journals such as the Journal of Contemporary China, International Feminist Journal of Politics, Terrorism and Political Violence, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Politics and Religion and Asian Security. She is the editor of Human Security in China: A Post-Pandemic State and the author of Legitimacy of China's Counter-Terrorism Approach: The Mass LineEthos.
Binh Thi An Trinh is an independent scholar from Vietnam. She graduated from the University of Leeds in 2020 with a Doctoral degree in Politics and International Studies. Her PhD thesis focuses on narratives and life histories of women working in NGOs in post-reform Vietnam. Her research specialisation is on neoliberalism, gender, civil society, NGOs, middle-classes, ethical citizenship, governmentality and governance with a focus on East and Southeast Asian regions. Her work lies at the intersection of political economy and anthropology. She specialises in qualitative research and ethnographic methods.
Chi Zhang is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of St Andrews and an Associate Member of the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence. She has published in journals Terrorism and Political Violence, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Politics and Religion and Asian Security. She is the editor of Human Security in China: A Post-Pandemic State.
Binh Trinh graduated from the University of Leeds in 2020 with a doctoral degree in Politics and International Studies. Her PhD thesis focuses on narratives and life histories of women working in NGOs in post-socialist Vietnam Her work lies at the intersection of political economy, development studies and anthropology. She is specialised in qualitative research and fieldwork studies. Her research specialisation is on gender, civil society, NGOs, governance and governmentality.
