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.
Cambodia and the Politics of Aesthetics
1st Edition
By Alvin Lim
July 16, 2015
Illuminating developments in contemporary Cambodia with political and aesthetic theory, this book analyses the country’s violent transition from socialism to capitalism through an innovative method that combines the aesthetic approach and critical theory. To understand the particularities of the ...
Party Politics in Southeast Asia: Clientelism and Electoral Competition in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines
1st Edition
Edited
By Dirk Tomsa, Andreas Ufen
July 16, 2015
Contributing to the growing discourse on political parties in Asia, this book looks at parties in Southeast Asia’s most competitive electoral democracies of Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. It highlights the diverse dynamics of party politics in the region and provides new insights into ...
Singapore Malays: Being Ethnic Minority and Muslim in a Global City-State
1st Edition
By Hussin Mutalib
September 11, 2014
The Malay population makes up Singapore's three largest ethnic groups. This book presents holistic and extensive analysis of the 'Malay Muslim story' in Singapore. Comprehensively and convincingly argued, the author examines their challenging circumstances in the fields of politics, education, ...
Southeast Asia and the Cold War
1st Edition
Edited
By Albert Lau
September 11, 2014
The origins and the key defining moments of the Cold War in Southeast Asia have been widely debated. This book focuses on an area that has received less attention, the impact and legacy of the Cold War on the various countries in the region, as well as on the region itself. The book contributes to ...
The Politics of Religion in Indonesia: Syncretism, Orthodoxy, and Religious Contention in Java and Bali
1st Edition
Edited
By Michel Picard, Rémy Madinier
September 11, 2014
Indonesia is a remarkable case study for religious politics. While not being a theocratic country, it is not secular either, with the Indonesian state officially defining what constitutes religion, and every citizen needing to be affiliated to one of them. This book focuses on Java and Bali, and ...
Chinese Indonesians Reassessed: History, Religion and Belonging
1st Edition
Edited
By Siew-Min Sai, Chang-Yau Hoon
July 03, 2014
The Chinese in Indonesia form a significant minority of about three percent of the population, and have played a disproportionately important role in the country. Given that Chinese Indonesians are not seen as indigenous to the country and are consistently defined against Indonesian nationalism, ...
Labour Migration and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia: Critical Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Michele Ford, Lenore Lyons, Willem van Schendel
July 03, 2014
Since the signing of the UN Trafficking Protocol, anti-trafficking laws, policies and other initiatives have been implemented at the local, national and regional levels. These activities have received little scholarly attention. This volume aims to begin to fill this gap by documenting the ...
Journalism and Conflict in Indonesia: From Reporting Violence to Promoting Peace
1st Edition
By Steve Sharp
June 19, 2014
This book examines, through the case study of Indonesia over recent decades, how the reporting of violence can drive the escalation of violence, and how journalists can alter their reporting practices in order to have the opposite effect and promote peace. It discusses the nature of press freedom ...
The Future of Singapore: Population, Society and the Nature of the State
1st Edition
By Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir, Bryan S. Turner
May 14, 2014
Singapore, like many other advanced economies, has a relatively low, and declining, birth-rate. One consequence of this, and a consequence also of the successful economy, is that migrants are being drawn in, and are becoming an increasing proportion of the overall population. This book examines ...
Environmental Cooperation in Southeast Asia: ASEAN's Regime for Trans-boundary Haze Pollution
1st Edition
By Paruedee Nguitragool
March 19, 2014
One of the most challenging environmental threats to the ten countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been the haze, the sickening and deadly cloud of smoky pollution caused by widespread burning of land and forests in Indonesia. This book examines both the threat and ...
Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore: Making Future Citizens
1st Edition
By Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun
March 07, 2014
This book examines the relationship between population policies and individual reproductive decisions in low-fertility contexts. Using the case study of Singapore, it demonstrates that the effectiveness of population policy is a function of competing notions of citizenship, and the gap between ...
Justice and Governance in East Timor: Indigenous Approaches and the 'New Subsistence State'
1st Edition
By Rod Nixon
November 08, 2013
Focusing on the case study of Timor Leste, this book presents the New Subsistence State as a conceptual tool for understanding governance challenges in countries characterised by subsistence economic and social relations. It examines the ways in which Timor Leste conforms to the typology of the New...