2021 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
International Collaborative Research on Democratic Regress, Renewal, and Resilience
| Project/Area Number |
21KK0022
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
Kellam Marisa.A 早稲田大学, 政治経済学術院, 准教授 (30711866)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
粕谷 祐子 慶應義塾大学, 法学部(三田), 教授 (50383972)
渡辺 綾 独立行政法人日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所, 地域研究センター動向分析研究グループ, 研究員 (30880455)
稲田 奏 早稲田大学, 高等研究所, 講師(任期付) (10822207)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-10-07 – 2026-03-31
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| Keywords | Comparative Politics / Democracy / Democratic Backsliding / Political Parties / Developing Countries |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
This collaborative research grant on Democratic Regress, Renewal, and Resilience began in February 2021. Therefore, the activities for FY 2021 primarily involves planning sessions with the co-PIs in Japan and the research collaborators at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University.
In several meetings, the PI and co-PIs developed a detailed plan for the grant period. The first component of the research project will focus on opposition responses to aggrandizing executives. Each of the four members of the research team will cover one type of opposition group: voters, political parties, legislators and civil society. The evidence for our arguments will come from relevant cases in Asia and Latin America. We will later expand the project to the broader theme of democratic regression and resilience in developing countries.
The PI also held meetings with researchers in the United States to plan for a research seminar and writing workshop to be held in early 2023 at Stanford University.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
Although the project is still in the initial phase, the research has already begun, and feasible plans have been made for continuing this progress.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Research will continue on the question of how opposition actors respond to an aggrandizing executive in power. In the second half of 2022, the research team will circulate paper drafts in preparation for the seminar in March 2023 at Stanford University.
In addition, the PI will continue to conduct research to support her typology of democratic regime types, which will be applied to cases in later stages of this research project.
The PI will also continue to develop connections with researchers at Stanford University and other top universities in California. Through these connections, the project will obtain a global reach to include developing countries in Africa, in addition to Latin America and Asia, which are the areas of regional expertise of the PI and co-PIs on this project.
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| Causes of Carryover |
As the research project was at the initial stage in FY 2021, we did not use all of the funds allocated for this year. Instead, we will use the funds in FY 2022 to support research and travel expenses for the upcoming research seminar and writing workshop to be held at Stanford University.
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