Books by Mark Chou

This Element rejuvenates research on how local governments respond to culture war conflicts, documenting new fronts in the culture wars and the changing face of local government. It advances new categories of responsiveness scholars and practitioners can employ to understand the roles local governments play in contentious culture war conflicts.

"Offering the first in-depth analysis of the relationship between populism and political meritocracy, this book considers why states with meritocracy systems such as Singapore and China have not faced the populist challenge to such an extent. Is political meritocracy actually immune to populism? Or does it fan its flames?"--

Explores whether, and how, young people work with and against contemporary politics at institutional and grassroots levels.

Using 4 case studies - democratic Athens, the Weimar Republic, contemporary American democracy and China's fledging efforts to democratise - Mark Chou examines why democracy is prone to self-destruction.