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Engineered Distrust: How Authoritarian Regimes Fragment and Weaken Pro-Democracy Movements from Within

  • Northern Illinois University – Peters Campus Life Building, Room 100 545 Lucinda Avenue DeKalb, Illinois, 60115 United States (map)

Organizer: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University

Type/Location: Hybrid / DeKalb, IL

Description:

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University for a talk by Dr. Mai Truong, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Marquette University. Dr. Truong’s research examines the interaction between movements, states, and publics in authoritarian regimes, namely in Vietnam and Malaysia.

About the Speaker:

Mai Truong is an Assistant Professor of Political Science with a focus on comparative politics and political methodology. Her regional focus is Southeast Asia. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Arizona in April 2022.

Her book project, developed from her dissertation, examines the conditions under which movements of markedly different natures build coalitions to confront authoritarian governments. Her other works investigate the factors that affect public support for protests and social movements. Her teaching expertise includes authoritarian politics, social movements and protests, East and Southeast Asian politics, political methodology, and comparative politics.

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