Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
About the Book Series
The aim of this series is to publish original, high-quality work by both new and established scholars on all aspects of Southeast Asia.
Ethnic Politics in Burma: States of Conflict
1st Edition
By Ashley South
October 19, 2009
This book examines the ideas which have structured half a century of civil war in Burma, and the roles which political elites and foreign networks - from colonial missionaries to aid worker activists - have played in mediating understandings of ethnic conflict in the country. The book includes a ...
Communal Violence and Democratization in Indonesia: Small Town Wars
1st Edition
By Gerry van Klinken
September 22, 2009
Through close scrutiny of empirical materials and interviews, this book uniquely analyzes all the episodes of long-running, widespread communal violence that erupted during Indonesia’s post-New Order transition. Indonesia democratised after the long and authoritarian New Order regime ended in May ...
Governance and Civil Society in Myanmar: Education, Health and Environment
1st Edition
By Helen James
May 14, 2009
Most international attention on Myanmar has focused on the political situation, where the military, in power since 1962, continues to refuse to acknowledge the results of democratic elections, and on related human rights issues. This book, by focusing on education, health and environment, and on ...
Regionalism in Post-Suharto Indonesia
1st Edition
Edited
By Maribeth Erb, Carol Faucher, Priyambudi Sulistiyanto
May 14, 2009
Since the fall of the Suharto regime, forces pressing for regional autonomy have strengthened in Indonesia, with some people arguing that the country is in danger of disintegrating. This book examines a range of issues connected with decentralization and regional autonomy in Indonesia, especially ...
Security and Sustainable Development in Myanmar
1st Edition
By Helen James
May 14, 2009
Helen James considers security in Myanmar/Burma. She uses the ideas put forward in the United Nations Development Programme's 1994 report, of human, as opposed to state and security, going on to argue that freedom from want, and freedom from fear (of the regime) are in fact mutually supportive...
Christianity, Islam and Nationalism in Indonesia
1st Edition
By Charles E. Farhadian
April 29, 2009
Although over eighty percent of the country is Muslim, Indonesia is marked by an extraordinary diversity in language, ancestry, culture, religion and ways of life. This book focuses on the Christian Dani of West Papua, providing a social and ethnographic history of the most important indigenous ...
Vietnam's Development Strategies
1st Edition
By Pietro Masina
April 29, 2009
Taking a developmental approach, this book critically reviews Vietnam's reform process and shows how the country’s reform agenda is still dominated by a ‘developmental orthodoxy’ inspired by a post-Washington consensus. The author argues that a wider debate is needed in order to give national ...
Revolution, Reform and Regionalism in Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
1st Edition
By Ronald Bruce St John
December 15, 2005
Based on research carried out over the three decades, this book compares the post-war political economies of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam in the context of their individual and collective impact on contemporary efforts at regional integration. The author highlights the different paths to reform taken...
The Politics of Indonesia-Malaysia Relations: One Kin, Two Nations
1st Edition
By Joseph Chinyong Liow
December 02, 2004
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between Indonesia and Malaysia, focusing especially on how the relationship has developed in the last fifty years. It argues that the political relationship between the two countries has been largely defined by rivalry, despite the ...