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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


Translational Politics in Southeast Asian Literatures Contesting Race, Gender, and Sexuality

Translational Politics in Southeast Asian Literatures: Contesting Race, Gender, and Sexuality

1st Edition

Edited By Grace V. S. Chin
September 26, 2022

Highlighting the interconnections between Southeast Asia and the world through literature, this book calls for a different reading approach to the literatures of Southeast Asia by using translation as the main conceptual framework in the analyses and interpretation of the texts, languages, and ...

Affect, Narratives and Politics of Southeast Asian Migration

Affect, Narratives and Politics of Southeast Asian Migration

1st Edition

By Carlos M. Piocos III
August 29, 2022

This book explores the politics of gendered labor migration in Southeast Asia through the stories and perspectives of Indonesian and Filipina women presented in films, fiction, and performance to show how the emotionality of these texts contribute to the emergence and vitality of women’s social ...

ASEAN and Power in International Relations ASEAN, the EU, and the Contestation of Human Rights

ASEAN and Power in International Relations: ASEAN, the EU, and the Contestation of Human Rights

1st Edition

By Jamie Stacey
August 01, 2022

This book analyses the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a powerful actor in International Relations by examining how the ASEAN community has evolved, looking specifically at its relationship with the EU with regards to human rights. The book adds to important contemporary debates ...

Singapore after Lee Kuan Yew

Singapore after Lee Kuan Yew

1st Edition

By S. C. Y. Luk, P. W. Preston
August 01, 2022

This book addresses key questions about how Singapore is likely to develop going forward, what are the key challenges facing the state, and how is the government going to deal with these matters. The book shows how important Lee Kuan Yew and subsequent individual leaders have been in shaping ...

The Army and Ideology in Indonesia From Dwifungsi to Bela Negara

The Army and Ideology in Indonesia: From Dwifungsi to Bela Negara

1st Edition

By Muhamad Haripin, Adhi Priamarizki, Keoni Indrabayu Marzuki
August 01, 2022

This book is an analysis of Indonesia’s civil-military relations in the post-1998 reform era. It focuses on the political thinking of the Indonesian Army during the time of democratic consolidation. The book examines the army (Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Darat, TNI AD), a pivotal player ...

The History of South Vietnam - Lam The Quest for Legitimacy and Stability, 1963-1967

The History of South Vietnam - Lam: The Quest for Legitimacy and Stability, 1963-1967

1st Edition

By Vinh-The Lam
August 01, 2022

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the political instability of South Vietnam between the two Republics and offers a valuable contribution to the study of the history of Vietnam as it focuses on a decisive period in the history of South Vietnam. A much-needed examination of the political ...

Embodied Performativity in Southeast Asia Multidisciplinary Corporealities

Embodied Performativity in Southeast Asia: Multidisciplinary Corporealities

1st Edition

Edited By Stephanie Burridge
May 06, 2022

A collection presenting cutting edge research from music, dance, performance art, fashion and visual arts, written by scholar-practitioners working in Southeast Asia. This eclectic monograph explores multi-disciplinarily performativity through the body. Exploring the notion of the body as central ...

The Political Economy of Growth in Vietnam Between States and Markets

The Political Economy of Growth in Vietnam: Between States and Markets

1st Edition

By Guanie Lim
May 06, 2022

Since the doi moi reforms in 1986, Vietnam has experienced a dramatic socioeconomic transformation. Lim examines the role of the state and its interaction with market forces in bringing this change about. Taking the motorcycle and banking industries as case studies, this book explores the dynamics ...

Ethnographies of Development and Globalization in the Philippines Emergent Socialities and the Governing of Precarity

Ethnographies of Development and Globalization in the Philippines: Emergent Socialities and the Governing of Precarity

1st Edition

Edited By Koki Seki
April 29, 2022

The contributors to this volume examine the actual workings and on-the-ground effects of contemporary political economic shifts in the Global South, and implications for reconfiguring social networks, conceptions and practices of governance, and burgeoning social movements. How do various groups ...

Global Indonesia

Global Indonesia

1st Edition

By Jean Gelman Taylor
June 30, 2021

In the 19th century, colonial rule brought the modern world closer to the Indonesian peoples, introducing mechanized transport, all-weather roads, postal and telegraph communications, and steamship networks that linked Indonesia’s islands to each other, to Europe and the Middle East. This book ...

The 2018 and 2019 Indonesian Elections Identity Politics and Regional Perspectives

The 2018 and 2019 Indonesian Elections: Identity Politics and Regional Perspectives

1st Edition

Edited By Leonard Sebastian, Alexander Arifianto
October 16, 2020

The 2018/2019 Indonesian elections were among the most divisive elections in Indonesian history, where identity politics and ethno-religious sentiments were prevalent not just during the 2019 presidential election, but also during the 2018 regional executive elections as well. Contributors to this ...

Nation-Building and National Identity in Timor-Leste

Nation-Building and National Identity in Timor-Leste

1st Edition

By Michael Leach
August 23, 2018

Timor-Leste’s long journey to nationhood spans 450 years of colonial rule by Portugal, a short-lived independence in 1975, and a 24-year occupation by Indonesia. This book examines the history of nation-building and national identity in Timor-Leste, and the evolution of a collective identity ...

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