Introduction to “Right-Wing Activism in Asia: Cold War Legacies, Geopolitics, and Democratic Erosion”*

IF 4.1 2区社会学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Politics & Society Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI:10.1177/00323292211033081

Yoonkyung Lee

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Abstract

This essay introduces four articles that form a special issue of Politics & Society titled “Right-Wing Activism in Asia: Cold War Legacies, Geopolitics, and Democratic Erosion.” The articles focus on Japan, South Korea, and Thailand. These three Asian countries present important cases to generate critical comparative insights about the patterns of Far Right mobilization, for their geopolitical histories provide common ground while institutional variations set distinctive conditions. Most importantly, all of them were shaped by the particularly sharp conflicts of the Cold War in the region, and the articles in this issue demonstrate how this legacy has generated illiberal conditions in these countries today.

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“亚洲右翼激进主义：冷战遗产、地缘政治和民主侵蚀”简介*

本文介绍了《政治与社会》特刊的四篇文章，题为“亚洲右翼激进主义：冷战遗产、地缘政治和民主侵蚀”。文章聚焦于日本、韩国和泰国。这三个亚洲国家提供了重要的案例，对极右翼动员的模式产生了批判性的比较见解，因为它们的地缘政治历史提供了共同点，而制度差异则创造了独特的条件。最重要的是，所有这些都是由该地区冷战时期特别尖锐的冲突所塑造的，本期文章展示了这一遗产如何在当今这些国家产生了不自由的条件。

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