Kevin Nielsen M. Agojo is a PhD student in the Department of Public and International Affairs at the City University of Hong Kong. He was recently a Visiting Researcher at the La Salle Institute of Governance and Assistant Professorial Lecturer at the Department of Political Science and Development Studies of De La Salle University, Philippines. He holds Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) degrees in Political Science from the same university. His research works - which focus on policing, electoral politics, democratization, and human rights - have been published in the Journal of Developing Societies, Asian Journal of Social Science, Asia-Pacific Social Science Review, and in several edited volumes.