Defect or Defend: Military Responses to Popular Protests in Authoritarian Asia

This dissertation examines the role of the military in authoritarian regimes' responses to popular protests, focusing on cases in Asia. It develops a typology distinguishing between personalistic and power-sharing authoritarian institutions, arguing that personalistic regimes are more prone to military defection during protests. The author uses case studies of the Philippines, Indonesia, China, and Burma to illustrate this argument, analyzing the causal mechanisms that led to either regime collapse or survival. The study emphasizes the importance of power-sharing institutions, such as political parties and military juntas, in maintaining regime stability. Finally, the work discusses the limitations of its small-n approach. You can listen and download our episodes for free on more than 10 different platforms: https://linktr.ee/book_shelter Get the Book now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Defect-Defend-Military-Responses-Authoritarian/dp/142141516X?&linkCode=ll1&tag=cvthunderx-20&linkId=c9be4b1a8b0ab796f09dccc72d739af3&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl Produced by: https://www.podcaistudio.com/