Asian Politics / Asian Politics

The Attenuation of Representation - Electoral Costs of Party Fluidity and Defection in Japan - Garrett Bailey Bredell, UCSD

Unveiling Valence: The Emergence of Party Power in Modern Japan - Jordan Hashim Hamzawi, University of California Davis

Social Trust, Governmental Performance, and Political Trust: Revisiting Social Capital Theory among North and Southeast Asian Democracies - Juheon Lee, Northeastern University

The Political Dimensions of Malaysia's BR1M Policy: Patronage and Party Competition - Matthew Wagner, University of South Carolina-Columbia

The Role of Crosscutting Cleavages in Stabilizing Ethnic Relations: A Case Comparison between Malaysia and Indonesia - Zheng Wang, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, SUNY at Albany

Tomoko Matsumoto, Tokyo University of Science

Mason Kim, Spelman College