Burma’s Quest for Democracy: An Introduction

Although active or retired military officers still hold top government posts, direct rule by the military as an institution is over, at least for now.

Do democracy and good governance necessarily go hand-in-hand? In most Southeast Asian countries, a gap exists between the two. How should we understand good governance in an authoritarian context? And…

Read the full essay here. The institutionalized recognition of diversity within India’s federal system has been crucial for democratic consolidation. Substantial decentralization since the 1990s has made state governments central…