Support H-Net | Buy Books Here | Help Support the NBN and NBN en Español on Patreon | Visit New Books Network en Español!
- African Studies
- African American Studies
- American Politics
- American Studies
- American South
- American West
- Asian American Studies
- Australian and New Zealand Studies
- British Studies
- Canadian Studies
- Caribbean Studies
- Central Asian Studies
- Chinese Studies
- East Asian Studies
- Eastern European Studies
- European Politics
- French Studies
- German Studies
- Iberian Studies
- India Studies
- Indian Ocean World
- Iranian Studies
- Irish Studies
- Israel Studies
- Italian Studies
- Japanese Studies
- Korean Studies
- Latino Studies
- Latin American Studies
- Mexican Studies
- Middle Eastern Studies
- Native American Studies
- Pacific Studies
- Polish Studies
- Russian and Eurasian Studies
- Southeast Asian Studies
- South Asian Studies
- Turkish Studies
- Ukrainian Studies
- Western European Studies
- World Affairs
- Animal Studies
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Business, Management, and Marketing
- Media
- Critical Theory
- Disability Studies
- Drugs, Addiction and Recovery
- Education
- Economics
- Finance
- Geography
- Gender Studies
- Genocide Studies
- Higher Education
- Human Rights
- Journalism
- Language
- Law
- LGBTQ+ Studies
- National Security
- Philanthropy
- Philosophy
- Policing, Incarceration, and Reform
- Political Science
- Politics & Polemics
- Public Policy
- Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work
- Sociology
- Sound Studies
- Sports
- Urban Studies
- Big Ideas
- Celebration Studies
- Co-Authored
- Cover Story
- Historical Materialism
- History Ex Silo
- Interpretive Political and Social Science
- Invested Investor
- Landscape Architecture
- Late Antiquity
- Mormonism
- NBN Book of the Day
- NBN Seminar
- Postscript: Conversations on Politics and Political Science
- Practical History
- Preparing for Life After Grad School
- Psychology and Climate Change
- Syriac Studies
- The Chair: In The Room at the Fed
- New Books with Miranda Melcher
About Petra Alderman
Petra Alderman (prev. Desatova) is a post-doctoral research fellow at the International Development Department at the University of Birmingham, and a research fellow with Birmingham's Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation (CEDAR). She is also an associate researcher at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies at the University of Copenhagen. Petra's research interests lie in the area of authoritarian legitimation, electoral studies and promotional politics. Her regional focus is on Southeast Asia and has a particular expertise on Thailand.Petra Alderman (prev. Desatova) is an associate researcher at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies and a post-doctoral research fellow at the International Development Department at the University of Birmingham. Her research interests lie in the area of authoritarian legitimation, electoral studies and promotional politics. Her regional focus is on Southeast Asia and has a particular expertise on Thailand.
NBN Episodes hosted by Petra:
October 10, 2024
How have Bureaucratic Politics Undermined Pakistan’s Prospects for Democracy?
For many years, explanations of Pakistan’s politics and its failed democratic transition have focused on the role of the military and politicians. But…
August 16, 2024
Democracy Promotion, Progressive Realism and the Labour Government’s Policy Towards Asia
Does the Labour Party’s 2024 election victory spell the end of the United Kingdom’s foreign policy interest in Asia? And how will its ‘progressive rea…
June 13, 2024
Branding Foreign Aid: Soft Power and Popular Attitudes in International Development
Why do international donors brand foreign aid? And what impact does it have on popular attitudes towards them? Join Matthew Winters and Petra Alderman…
May 31, 2024
All About Money? Elections, Campaign Spending and the Effects on Democracy
Election campaigns are becoming ever more expensive, with many parties and candidates spending large sums of money on advertising, campaign materials,…
February 28, 2024
Airports, Buses, Internet Cables, and the Local and National Politics in the Philippines
What can airports, busses, and submarine internet cables tell us about the local and national politics in the Philippines? And how do they position th…
February 14, 2024
How to Stage a Coup and Ten Other Lessons from the World of Secret Statecraft
Why do states engage in secret statecraft and covert action? How different are these secret and covert state activities in real world settings compare…
January 17, 2024
Democracy, Great Powers, and the Russia-Ukraine War
How helpful is the democracy-authoritarianism binary when it comes to our understanding of contemporary conflict? What is the state of the Russia-Ukra…
December 22, 2023
Reading the Stars
What does astrology, palm-reading and fortune telling have to do with politics in Thailand, and how can we make sense of these divination practices an…
November 17, 2023
Political Polarisation: Have We Got It Wrong?
What is political polarisation? How different is it from ‘normal’ democratic conflict? And why have we been getting it wrong? Listen to Andreas Schedl…
September 1, 2023
Digital Repression in Thailand
How serious an issue is digital repression in Thailand? Who is behind it? And what effects does it have on Thai people? Listen to Janjira Sombatpoonsi…
August 16, 2023
What Can We Learn from Indonesian Democracy?
What can we learn from Indonesia about democratic resilience and backsliding? Why should we think of Indonesian democracy as a useful example? And wha…
July 25, 2023
Is Democracy in Trouble?
How much do we need to worry about the global state of democracy? And what do we need to do to better understand what is happening in different parts …
June 16, 2023
Can Thailand Move Forward?
Why was the May 2023 Thai election such a historic election? What does the surprising Move Forward victory tell us about the state of Thai politics? A…
May 12, 2023
China's Green Consensus
How has China’s one-party system dealt with the country’s growing environmental issues? And what implications does its green turn have on people’s eve…
February 3, 2023
Broken Pathways
Why are there so few women from non-elite backgrounds in Sri Lankan politics? What barriers do they face on their pathways to politics? And what can b…
May 30, 2022
The Race for the Governor
Why did Chadchart Sittipunt win the Bangkok governor race? What does his win tell us about broader political trends in Thailand? And how did it feel c…
March 4, 2022
Thai Totalitarians? Why the Love of Authoritarian Symbols?
Why did Restart Thailand, a 2020 student-led pro-democracy movement, sport a red Communist-style logo with a hammer and sickle? Why did a Thai BNK48 s…
December 20, 2021
Understanding South Korea’s Taegukgi Rallies
Why did so many of South Korea’s senior citizens take to the streets between 2016 and 2019? What motivated their participation in rallies? And what do…
November 26, 2021
Network Monarchy’ and Its Challengers
What does a cup of coffee tell us about Thailand’s intricate power relations? Where does the country’s monarchy come into this? And why does it matter…
September 17, 2021
Salafism and the State
How important is Islam to Indonesia’s identity? How different is Salafism from a more mainstream Sunni Islam? Why is it popular with mostly young Indo…
January 20, 2021
Thailand's Rice Politics with Jacob Ricks
In this fascinating episode, Jacob Ricks joins Petra Desatova to talk about the politics of rice and rice prices in Thailand. Why is rice such a polit…
December 23, 2020
Sports Events, Nation Building and City Politics in Indonesia with Friederike Trotier
Friederike Trotier talks to Petra Desatova about her recent book titled Nation, City, Arena: Sports Events, Nation-Building and City Politics in Indon…
November 11, 2020
American Imperialism, Thai Scholarship and Buddhist Cosmology with Matthew Phillips
How did American imperialism affect Thai scholarship? And what does Buddhist cosmology got to do with the Thai royal tours to Burma and the United Sta…
August 28, 2020
Hidden Histories of Thai Nuns with Martin Seeger
In this podcast, Martin Seeger from the University of Leeds joins Petra Desatova of NIAS to talk about his recent book Gender and the Path to Awakenin…