Petra Alderman
Biographic Data
| ID | 1433508 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Petra Alderman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Petra |
| FAMILY NAME | Alderman |
| SIGNATURE | ALDERMAN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3059-6410 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Subverting elections in Thailand: Inclusion and Independence in Election Commission Design and Practice
When do election commissions contribute to peace, and when do they subvert it? For years, civil society actors, policy experts and practitioners in electoral management and international electoral assistance have largely assumed that establishing ‘independent’ election commissions is key to fostering positive electoral outcomes, including peace. However, recent post-conflict research indicates that inclusion on independent commissions might be mo…
All About China
Combining international relations and critical geopolitics literature with a public opinion survey in Thailand that delves into some rarely explored and sensitive questions to understand respondents’ political views and attitudes, we examine the extent to which domestic political developments can be understood through a US–China great power lens. Are politically progressive Thais more likely to be pro-US, and more politically conservative Thais l…
Vision Documents, Nation Branding and the Legitimation of Non-democratic Regimes
Documents play a vital role in constructing political regimes and their geopolitical relations. In this article, we analyse a particular type of document – the 21st century national vision – and examine its political work. Often glossy (digital) documents featuring simple slogans, fantastic plans, and claims to global relevance and prestige, national visions make specific futures present and close off room for alternative interpretations. Combini…
Autocratic Electoral Management: Lessons From Thailand
How can we ensure quality elections when the key institutions responsible for the organisation of polls are openly partisan and anti-democratic? In their 2017 paper, Birch and van Ham suggest that partisan electoral management bodies (EMBs) do not matter for the quality of polls so long as effective alternative oversight institutions exist, are active and independent. These institutions can make up for the EMBs’ shortcomings and ensure that a rel…
Election commissions and non-democratic outcomes: Thailand’s contentious 2019 election
Responding to a recent call for more in-depth qualitative studies of electoral management bodies (EMBs), this article examines formally independent EMBs by using the example of the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) and the role it played in the recent 2019 election. We argue that in non-democratic regimes with high levels of political polarisation and entrenched elites, formal EMB independence may become part of the problem why elections fail…
Vision Documents, Nation Branding and the Legitimation of Non-democratic Regimes
Documents play a vital role in constructing political regimes and their geopolitical relations. In this article, we analyse a particular type of document – the 21st century national vision – and examine its political work. Often glossy (digital) documents featuring simple slogans, fantastic plans, and claims to global relevance and prestige, national visions make specific futures present and close off room for alternative interpretations. Combini…
Subverting elections in Thailand: Inclusion and Independence in Election Commission Design and Practice
When do election commissions contribute to peace, and when do they subvert it? For years, civil society actors, policy experts and practitioners in electoral management and international electoral assistance have largely assumed that establishing ‘independent’ election commissions is key to fostering positive electoral outcomes, including peace. However, recent post-conflict research indicates that inclusion on independent commissions might be mo…
Autocratic Electoral Management: Lessons From Thailand
How can we ensure quality elections when the key institutions responsible for the organisation of polls are openly partisan and anti-democratic? In their 2017 paper, Birch and van Ham suggest that partisan electoral management bodies (EMBs) do not matter for the quality of polls so long as effective alternative oversight institutions exist, are active and independent. These institutions can make up for the EMBs’ shortcomings and ensure that a rel…
Election commissions and non-democratic outcomes: Thailand’s contentious 2019 election
Responding to a recent call for more in-depth qualitative studies of electoral management bodies (EMBs), this article examines formally independent EMBs by using the example of the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) and the role it played in the recent 2019 election. We argue that in non-democratic regimes with high levels of political polarisation and entrenched elites, formal EMB independence may become part of the problem why elections fail…
Autocratic Electoral Management: Lessons From Thailand
How can we ensure quality elections when the key institutions responsible for the organisation of polls are openly partisan and anti-democratic? In their 2017 paper, Birch and van Ham suggest that partisan electoral management bodies (EMBs) do not matter for the quality of polls so long as effective alternative oversight institutions exist, are active and independent. These institutions can make up for the EMBs’ shortcomings and ensure that a rel…
Election commissions and non-democratic outcomes: Thailand’s contentious 2019 election
Responding to a recent call for more in-depth qualitative studies of electoral management bodies (EMBs), this article examines formally independent EMBs by using the example of the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) and the role it played in the recent 2019 election. We argue that in non-democratic regimes with high levels of political polarisation and entrenched elites, formal EMB independence may become part of the problem why elections fail…
All About China
Combining international relations and critical geopolitics literature with a public opinion survey in Thailand that delves into some rarely explored and sensitive questions to understand respondents’ political views and attitudes, we examine the extent to which domestic political developments can be understood through a US–China great power lens. Are politically progressive Thais more likely to be pro-US, and more politically conservative Thais l…
Vision Documents, Nation Branding and the Legitimation of Non-democratic Regimes
Documents play a vital role in constructing political regimes and their geopolitical relations. In this article, we analyse a particular type of document – the 21st century national vision – and examine its political work. Often glossy (digital) documents featuring simple slogans, fantastic plans, and claims to global relevance and prestige, national visions make specific futures present and close off room for alternative interpretations. Combini…
Subverting elections in Thailand: Inclusion and Independence in Election Commission Design and Practice
When do election commissions contribute to peace, and when do they subvert it? For years, civil society actors, policy experts and practitioners in electoral management and international electoral assistance have largely assumed that establishing ‘independent’ election commissions is key to fostering positive electoral outcomes, including peace. However, recent post-conflict research indicates that inclusion on independent commissions might be mo…
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (4 works) · Democracy (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works)