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To develop the concept of asymmetric policy capacity and explain why hybrid regimes maintain operational crisis enforcement without achieving political resolution or policy learning.

August 16, 2026Journal of Asian Public Policy

Asymmetric policy capacity in hybrid regimes: from structural asymmetry to capacity divergence in Thailand’s political crises

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LSLei ShiChinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences OPOra‐orn PoocharoenChulalongkorn University XWXun WuGuizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences

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Process tracing analysis demonstrates how asymmetric policy capacities drive governance failures in hybrid political regimes, suggesting capacity distribution rather than scarcity fuels crisis.

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To develop the concept of asymmetric policy capacity and explain why hybrid regimes maintain operational crisis enforcement without achieving political resolution or policy learning.
Formulated an analytical framework mapping structural asymmetry, crisis-activated asymmetrization, and post-crisis capacity divergence across operational, political, and analytical domains.
Conducted process tracing across three major political crises: the 2006 military coup, the 2008 judicial-political deadlock, and the 2010 street confrontations.
Demonstrated that crisis interventions achieved temporary operational order by bypassing institutions endowed with electoral legitimacy and pluralistic information channels.
Revealed that recurrent operational dominance progressively fragmented elected political capacity and eroded civilian analytical autonomy.

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Shi et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a817a60f2fb91fc834ae2f0 https://doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2026.2718417

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Process tracing analysis demonstrates how asymmetric policy capacities drive governance failures in hybrid political regimes, suggesting capacity distribution rather than scarcity fuels crisis.

Asymmetric policy capacity in hybrid regimes: from structural asymmetry to capacity divergence in Thailand’s political crises

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Asymmetric policy capacity in hybrid regimes: from structural asymmetry to capacity divergence in Thailand’s political crises

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