Cassandra Preece
Biographic Data
| ID | 4156833 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cassandra Preece |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cassandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Preece |
| SIGNATURE | PREECE C |
| AFFILIATIONS | McMaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2842-0528 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Political Representation, Policy Actors, and Indigenous Language Policy in Taiwan
Taiwan’s Indigenous Language Development Act (2017) was developed by a variety of actors and circumstantial dynamics over more than a decade. But what actors have been involved in both the development and implementation of the Act? This article bridges discussions on Indigenous language policies and policy actors by expanding the traditional notions of democratic representation. It investigates who contributes to the policies that represent the i…
Democratic backsliding in illiberal Singapore
Singapore is a well-known illiberal democracy, ruled by one party, the People's Action Party (PAP), uninterruptedly since 1959. The rise of disinformation, the leadership succession crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have posed challenges to the ruling party's technocratic, ‘soft-authoritarian’ governance style. Is it business as usual in Singapore? Or has its democracy backslid like its regional neighbours? Drawing on an established index of accou…
Ethnic Quotas, Political Representation and Equity in Asia Pacific
Do quotas raise legislative diversity and reduce inequities between the dominant and minority groups? This paper studies how quota mechanisms affect legislative diversity in 11 countries in Asia Pacific and ethnic equity between groups in three cases. We find that quota mechanisms have improved legislative diversity. However, the socio-economic status of targeted minority groups continues to lag behind the dominant group in each case presented. O…
Electoral System, Ethnic Parties, and Party System Stability in Myanmar
Ethnic Quotas, Political Representation and Equity in Asia Pacific
Do quotas raise legislative diversity and reduce inequities between the dominant and minority groups? This paper studies how quota mechanisms affect legislative diversity in 11 countries in Asia Pacific and ethnic equity between groups in three cases. We find that quota mechanisms have improved legislative diversity. However, the socio-economic status of targeted minority groups continues to lag behind the dominant group in each case presented. O…
Democratic backsliding in illiberal Singapore
Singapore is a well-known illiberal democracy, ruled by one party, the People's Action Party (PAP), uninterruptedly since 1959. The rise of disinformation, the leadership succession crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have posed challenges to the ruling party's technocratic, ‘soft-authoritarian’ governance style. Is it business as usual in Singapore? Or has its democracy backslid like its regional neighbours? Drawing on an established index of accou…
Electoral System, Ethnic Parties, and Party System Stability in Myanmar
Electoral System, Ethnic Parties, and Party System Stability in Myanmar
Democratic backsliding in illiberal Singapore
Singapore is a well-known illiberal democracy, ruled by one party, the People's Action Party (PAP), uninterruptedly since 1959. The rise of disinformation, the leadership succession crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have posed challenges to the ruling party's technocratic, ‘soft-authoritarian’ governance style. Is it business as usual in Singapore? Or has its democracy backslid like its regional neighbours? Drawing on an established index of accou…
Ethnic Quotas, Political Representation and Equity in Asia Pacific
Do quotas raise legislative diversity and reduce inequities between the dominant and minority groups? This paper studies how quota mechanisms affect legislative diversity in 11 countries in Asia Pacific and ethnic equity between groups in three cases. We find that quota mechanisms have improved legislative diversity. However, the socio-economic status of targeted minority groups continues to lag behind the dominant group in each case presented. O…
Political Representation, Policy Actors, and Indigenous Language Policy in Taiwan
Taiwan’s Indigenous Language Development Act (2017) was developed by a variety of actors and circumstantial dynamics over more than a decade. But what actors have been involved in both the development and implementation of the Act? This article bridges discussions on Indigenous language policies and policy actors by expanding the traditional notions of democratic representation. It investigates who contributes to the policies that represent the i…
Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (2 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (2 works)