Political Science
Anders Uhlin is Professor of Political Science. His research focuses on civil society activism, problems of democratization, and global and regional governance institutions. Uhlin has conducted research on the legitimacy of international organizations, which among other publications has resulted in the edited volume Legitimation and Delegitimation in Global Governance, (Oxford University Press, co-edited with Magdalena Bexell and Kristina Jönsson). Another research project concerns civil society elites in Cambodia and Indonesia. Uhlin has also conducted research on civil society elites in a European context within the research program Civil Society Elites? He is currently completing a research monograph on legitimacy challenges facing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Uhlin has been teaching and supervising widely on all levels, for example within the fields of development studies, international politics, and democratization. In 2011 he was promoted to Excellent Teaching Practitioner (ETP).
Uhlin discusses his current research on the legitimacy and legitimation of ASEAN in a podcast.
Publications
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NU'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION A Convergence of Ideological and Pragmatic Motives
Firman Noor, Lili Romli, Ridho Imawan Hanafi, Mouliza Kristhopher Donna Sweinstani, Anders Uhlin
(2025) Journal of Indonesian Islam, 19 p.1-23
ArticleBoundary crossing and elite attributes in European civil societies
Malin Arvidson, Jayeon Lee, Roberto Scaramuzzino, Anders Uhlin
(2025) Voluntary Sector Review , p.1
ArticleWhy Do Business Leaders, Senior Politicians and Civil Servants Move to Leading Positions in EU Civil Society? : Exploring Capital Gains through Boundary Crossing
Laura Landorff, Anders Uhlin
(2025) European Politics and Society, 26 p.78-93
ArticleCivil Society Boundary Crossing and Elite Integration
Malin Arvidson, Anders Uhlin
(2024) Civil Society Elites: Exploring the Composition, Reproduction, Integration, and Contestation of Civil Society Actors at the Top , p.161-181
Book chapterA European Civil Society Elite? : Analysing Capital and Drama at the European Economic and Social Committee
Anders Uhlin, Malin Arvidson
(2023) European Societies, 25 p.87-106
ArticleCivil Society Activism beyond the Nation-State : Legitimating ASEAN?
Anders Uhlin
(2023) Routledge Handbook of Civil and Uncivil Society in Southeast Asia , p.139-152
Book chapterElites’ (De)legitimation Practices toward International Organizations
Anders Uhlin, Soetkin Verhaegen
(2023) Global Studies Quarterly, 3
ArticleCivil Society Elites : Field Studies from Cambodia and Indonesia
(2023) NIAS Studies in Asian Topics
Anthology (editor)Field Theory and Methods for the Analysis of Civil Society Elites
Anders Uhlin, Astrid Norén Nilsson, Amalinda Savirani
(2023) NIAS Studies in Asian Topics , p.27-41
Book chapterConclusion : Elites in and beyond Civil Society Fields
Astrid Norén Nilsson, Amalinda Savirani, Anders Uhlin
(2023) NIAS Studies in Asian Topics , p.231-255
Book chapterDemokratiseringsprocesser : Nya perspektiv och utmaningar
Joakim Ekman, Jonas Linde, Thomas Sedelius, Anders Uhlin
(2023)
BookIntroduction : Studying Civil Society Elite Formation and Interaction
Astrid Norén Nilsson, Amalinda Savirani, Anders Uhlin
(2023) NIAS Studies in Asian Topics , p.1-23
Book chapterConclusions: Legitimation and Delegitimation of Global Governance Institutions
Kristina Jönsson, Anders Uhlin
(2022) Legitimation and Delegitimation in Global Governance: Practices, Justifications, and Audiences
Book chapterThe Interplay between Delegitimation and Legitimation: Civil Society Protest and the Responses of Global Governance Institutions
Catia Gregoratti, Anders Uhlin
(2022) Legitimation and Delegitimation in Global Governance: Practices, Justifications, and Audiences
Book chapterPractices of (De)legitimation in Global Governance: A Comparative Overview
Anders Uhlin, Soetkin Verhaegen
(2022) Legitimation and Delegitimation in Global Governance: Practices, Justifications, and Audiences
Book chapterThe Politics of Legitimation and Delegitimation in Global Governance: A Theoretical Framework
Magdalena Bexell, Karin Bäckstrand, Farsan Ghassim, Catia Gregoratti, Kristina Jönsson, et al.
(2022) Legitimation and Delegitimation in Global Governance: Practices, Justifications, and Audiences
Book chapterIntroduction: The Comparative Study of (De)legitimation Processes in Global Governance
Magdalena Bexell, Kristina Jönsson, Anders Uhlin
(2022) Legitimation and Delegitimation in Global Governance: Practices, Justifications, and Audiences
Book chapterCapital and Closure in the EU Field : Advancement in the European Economic and Social Committee
Håkan Johansson, Anders Uhlin, Malin Arvidson
(2022) Journal of Common Market Studies, 60 p.1069-1085
ArticleOpening Up of International Organizations
Anders Uhlin
(2022) Beyond the Boomerang: From Transnational Advocacy Networks to Transcalar Advocacy in International Politics , p.36-48
Book chapterLegitimation and Delegitimation in Global Governance. Practices, Justifications, and Audiences
(2022)
Anthology (editor)Civil Society Elites: A Research Agenda
Håkan Johansson, Anders Uhlin
(2020) Politics and Governance, 8 p.82-85
ArticleCivil Society Democratising Global Governance? : Potentials and Limitations of “Counter-Democracy”
Sara Kalm, Lisa Strömbom, Anders Uhlin
(2019) Global Society, 33 p.499-519
ArticleLegitimacy Struggles in Global Governance : Legitimation and Delegitimation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Anders Uhlin
(2019) SAGE Open, 9
ArticleCivil society protest and the (De)legitimation of global governance institutions
Catia Gregoratti, Anders Uhlin
(2018) Legitimacy in Global Governance: Sources, Processes, and Consequences , p.134-150
Book chapterClaiming Justice in the Global South
Anders Uhlin, Jewellord Nem Singh, Jean Grugel, Lorenza B. Fontana
(2017) Demanding Justice in the Global South: Claiming Rights , p.177-194
Book chapterAnalysing Justice Claims in the Global South
Jean Grugel, Jewellord Nem Singh, Lorenza B. Fontana, Anders Uhlin
(2017) Demanding Justice in the Global South: Claiming Rights , p.1-19
Book chapterDemanding Justice in the Global South : Claiming Rights
(2017) Development, Justice and Citizenship
Anthology (editor)Democratic Governance in Developing Nations
Ylva Stubbergaard, Anders Uhlin
(2016) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance , p.1-8
Book chapterCivil Society and Policy Reforms in the Asian Development Bank
Anders Uhlin
(2016) Global Economic Governance and the Development Practices of the Multilateral Development Banks , p.60-79
Book chapterCivil Society and the Governance of Development: Opposing Global Institutions
Sara Kalm, Anders Uhlin
(2015) Development, Justice and Citizenship
BookDemokratisering och den internationella kontexten
Anders Uhlin
(2014) Demokratiseringsprocesser: Nya perspektiv och utmaningar , p.185-213
Book chapterCivil Society Influence on International Organizations: Theorizing the State Channel
Christopher L Pallas, Anders Uhlin
(2014) Journal of Civil Society, 10 p.1-20
ArticleRenewing Global Governance: Demanding Rights and Justice in the Global South
Jean Grugel, Anders Uhlin
(2012) Third World Quarterly, 33 p.1703-1718
ArticleReview: Nonviolent Revolutions: Civil Resistance in the Late 20th Century
Anders Uhlin
(2012) Global Policy, Published online 17 September 2012
Review (Book/Film/Exhibition/etc.)Civil Society and Global Democracy: An Assessment
Jonas Tallberg, Anders Uhlin
(2012) Global Democracy: Normative and Empirical Perspectives , p.210-232
Book chapterNational democratization theory and global governance: Civil society and the liberalization of the Asian Development Bank
Anders Uhlin
(2011) Democratization, 18 p.847-871
ArticleCivil Society and Problems of Democratization in Post-Communist States
Anders Uhlin
(2011) Democracy in Lithuania: Civil Spirits Versus Totalitarianism at the Defining Moments of the Twentieth Century , p.233-247
Book chapterDemocratic Credentials of Transnational Actors: An Introduction
Eva Erman, Anders Uhlin
(2010) Legitimacy Beyond the State? Re-examining the Democratic Credentials of Transnational Actors , p.3-15
Book chapterThe Structure and Culture of Post-Communist Civil Society in Latvia
Anders Uhlin
(2010) Europe-Asia Studies, 62 p.829-852
ArticleConclusion: Democratic Requirements and Trade-offs in a Transnational Context
Eva Erman, Anders Uhlin
(2010) Legitimacy Beyond the State? Re-examining the Democratic Credentials of Transnational Actors , p.194-213
Book chapterDemocracy in Global Governance: The Promises and Pitfalls of Transnational Actors
Magdalena Bexell, Jonas Tallberg, Anders Uhlin
(2010) Global Governance, 16 p.81-101
ArticleDemocratic Legitimacy of Transnational Actors: Mapping Out the Conceptual Terrain
Anders Uhlin
(2010) Legitimacy Beyond the State? Re-examining the Democratic Credentials of Transnational Actors , p.16-37
Book chapterLegitimacy Beyond the State? Re-examining the Democratic Credentials of Transnational Actors
(2010)
Anthology (editor)Rysslands Civilsamhälle
Anders Uhlin
(2009) Ryssland. Politik, samhälle och ekonomi , p.182-204
Book chapterCivilsamhälle i Östeuropa
Anders Uhlin
(2009) Det nya Östeuropa - Stat och nation i förändring , p.355-377
Book chapterWhich Characteristics of Civil Society Organizations Support What Aspects of Democracy? Evidence from Post-Communist Latvia
Anders Uhlin
(2009) International Political Science Review, 30 p.271-295
ArticlePost-Soviet Civil Society. Democratization in Russia and the Baltic States
Anders Uhlin
(2006) BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
BookLitteraturgranskning, Martin Nilsson: Demokratisering i Latinamerika under 1900-talet - vänstern och demokratins fördjupning
Anders Uhlin
(2006) Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift, 108 p.320-328
Review (Book/Film/Exhibition/etc.)Demokratisering och den internationella kontexten
Anders Uhlin
(2006) Demokratiseringsprocesser. Teoretiska ansatser och empiriska studier , p.187-221
Book chapterTransnationella civilsamhällesnätverk och demokratiskt ledarskap
Anders Uhlin
(2006) I Ledande Ställning. Vänbok till Lars-Göran Stenelo , p.275-290
Book chapterPerceptions of Democracy Among Local Elites: A Comparative Study of Five Russian Regions
Anders Uhlin, Linda Åström
(2005) The Challenge of the Baltic Sea Region. Culture, Ecosystems, Democracy , p.285-306
Book chapterTransnational Activism in Asia: Problems of Power and Democracy
(2004) Routledge Studies in Transnationalism
Anthology (editor)New Perspectives on Transnational Activism
Nicola Piper, Anders Uhlin
(2004) Transnational Activism in Asia: Problems of Power and Democracy , p.1-25
Book chapterRegionalism from Below. Transnational Civil Society Links in Southeast Asia
Anders Uhlin
(2003) Southeast Asian Regionalism from Above and from Below , p.130-150
Book chapterGlobalization, Regime Transition and the Indonesian State
Anders Uhlin
(2002)
Paper, not in proceedingTransnational Advocacy Networks, Female Labor Migration and Trafficking in East and Southeast Asia: A Gendered Analysis of Opportunities and Obstacles
Nicola Piper, Anders Uhlin
(2002) Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 11 p.171-195
ArticleGlobalization, Democratization and Civil Society in Southeast Asia. Observations from Malaysia and Thailand
Anders Uhlin
(2002) Globalization and Democratization in Asia , p.149-166
Book chapterLitteraturgranskning, Olivier Danjoux: L'etat, c'est pas moi. Reframing Citizenship(s) in the Baltic Republics
Anders Uhlin
(2002) Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift, 105 p.50-60
Review (Book/Film/Exhibition/etc.)Development and the External Dimension of Regime Transitions. Illustrations from Indonesia
Anders Uhlin
(2002) Development and Democracy: What Have We Learnt and How? , p.173-190
Book chapterThe Transnational Dimension of Civil Society. Migration and Independence Movements in Southeast Asia
Anders Uhlin
(2001) Civil Society and Authoritarianism in the Third World , p.196-223
Book chapterDemokratisasi di Indonesia: Peluang dan Hambatan
Anders Uhlin
(1999) Wacana. Jurnal Ilmu Sosial Transformatif , p.75-99
Article“Asian Values Democracy” - Neither Asian nor Democratic. Discourses and Practices in Late New Order Indonesia
Anders Uhlin
(1999)
Working paperDemocracy and Diffusion : Transnational Lesson-Drawing among Indonesian Pro-Democracy Actors
Anders Uhlin
(1995) Lund Political Studies
Doctoral Thesis (monograph)The Struggle for Democracy in Indonesia. An Actor - Structure Approach
Anders Uhlin
(1995) Scandinavian Political Studies, 18 p.133-158
ArticleGlobal Democratization : Transitions from Authoritarian Rule 1989-1991
Catarina Kinnvall, Anders Uhlin
(1993) Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift, 96 p.7-38
ArticleTransnational Democratic Diffusion and Indonesian Democracy Discourses
Anders Uhlin
(1993) Third World Quarterly, 14 p.517-544
ArticleIndonesian Democracy Discourses in a Global Context. The Transnational Diffusion of Democratic Ideas
Anders Uhlin
(1993) Working papers / Centre of Southeast Asian studies, Monash university
Working paperLitteraturgranskning, Samuel P Huntington: The Third Wave. Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century
Anders Uhlin
(1992) Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift, 95 p.106-109
Review (Book/Film/Exhibition/etc.)Litteraturgranskning, Rebecca Grant & Kathleen Newland (red) Gender and International Relations
Pauline Stoltz, Anders Uhlin
(1991) Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift, 94 p.356-359
Review (Book/Film/Exhibition/etc.)Transnational Corporations as Global Political Actors: A Literature Review
Anders Uhlin
(1988) Cooperation and Conflict, 23 p.231-247
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