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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.

129 Series Titles


Ethnic Politics in Burma States of Conflict

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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