{"product_id":"9781501750045-roots-of-resilience","title":"The Roots of Resilience","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eParty Machines and Grassroots Politics in Southeast Asia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Roots of Resilience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Meredith L. Weiss examines governance from the ground up in the world's two most enduring electoral authoritarian or \"hybrid\" regimes—Singapore and Malaysia—where politically liberal and authoritarian features blend, evading substantive democracy. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWeiss explains that while key attributes of these regimes differ, affecting the scope, character, and balance among national parties and policies, local machines, and personalized linkages, the similarity in the overall patterns in these countries confirms the salience of those dimensions. \u003ci\u003eThe Roots of Resilience\u003c\/i\u003e shows that high levels of authoritarian acculturation, amplifying the political payoffs of what parties and politicians actually provide their constituents, explain why electoral turnover alone is insufficient for real regime change in either state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40809082323041,"sku":"9781501750045","price":127.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35678784_cee2b5b7-12ab-4950-914d-8d82a82358a7.jpg?v=1755122394","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781501750045-roots-of-resilience","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}