Routledge/City University of Hong Kong Southeast Asia Series
Decentralization, Democracy and Local Politics in Indonesia
1st Edition
Edited
By Testriono, Ratri Istania, Shanti Darmastuti
August 02, 2026
This multidisciplinary volume provides new insights into decentralization reform in Indonesia, and examines how it has reshaped the structure of local governance and democratic practices in the country, as well as exploring the challenges and dynamics that have surfaced in Indonesia's decentralized...
Oligarchy and the End of Reformasi in Indonesia: Power Reorganised
2nd Edition
By Vedi R. Hadiz, Richard Robison
June 26, 2026
Offering an in-depth account of how the forces and institutions of oligarchy established their ascendancy in post-authoritarian Indonesia, this volume represents the new and updated edition of a highly influential study. In the wake of neo-liberal markets and democracy being progressively replaced ...
People-led Urban Development in Vietnam: Interstitial Practices and the Production of Differential Spaces in Hanoi
1st Edition
By Hoài Anh Trần, Ngai Ming Yip
August 08, 2025
This book provides an analysis of urban development in Vietnam with a focus on activities carried out by ordinary people. Using Hanoi as a case study, this book offers a rich ethnographic account of people‑led development emphasising spatial practices of the emerging middle/lower‑middle and small ...
Presidentialism and Democracy in East and Southeast Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Marco Bünte, Mark R. Thompson
August 26, 2024
Presidentialism and Democracy in East and Southeast Asia examines the impact of presidential systems on democracies by examining three distinct literatures – the perilousness of competing legitimacies of the executive and legislative branches, issues of institutional design (particularly regarding ...
China's ‘Singapore Model’ and Authoritarian Learning
1st Edition
Edited
By Stephan Ortmann, Mark R. Thompson
August 29, 2022
This book explores to what extent China has drawn lessons from Singapore, both in terms of its ruling ideology and through the policy-specific learning process. In so doing, it provides insights into the opportunities but also the challenges of this long-term learning process, focusing attention to...
The Paradox of Myanmar's Regime Change
1st Edition
By Roger Huang
August 29, 2022
This book analyzes Myanmar’s contemporary political history, arguing that Myanmar’s so-called "democratization" has always been a calculated regime transition, planned by the military, with every intention that the military to remain the key permanent political actor in Myanmar’s political ...
Transformations in Independent Timor-Leste: Dynamics of Social and Cultural Cohabitations
1st Edition
Edited
By Susana de Matos Viegas, Rui Feijó
December 12, 2019
1999 was a decisive year in the long history of the people of Timor-Leste, whose future was open when they voted for independence in a UN-sponsored referendum. Its results left no doubt that the Timorese considered themselves to be a nation wishing to have their own state, which they would ...
Public Management and Governance in Malaysia: Trends and Transformations
1st Edition
Edited
By Noore Siddiquee
July 16, 2015
The past two and a half decades have seen major transformations in public sector management and governance across the globe. This book examines the ways public sector management and governance in Malaysia has changed and is changing under contemporary reform models. Chapters are written by ...
US-Asia Economic Relations: A political economy of crisis and the rise of new business actors
1st Edition
By Justin Robertson
February 27, 2015
In a world of continuing financial volatility, this book critically evaluates the oft-cited claim that US firms and the US government attempt to open emerging markets in economic distress and acquire valuable industrial and financial assets. Focusing particularly on Korea and Thailand, the ...
Labour, Politics and the State in Industrialising Thailand
1st Edition
By Andrew Brown
August 10, 2010
In this book Brown argues that workers in East and Southeast Asia are significant actors in political change. Critically examining the themes of labour weakness, political exclusion and insignificance of 'class factors' he aims to bring workers back from the margins, demonstrating that both in the ...
Transnational Migration and Work in Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Kevin Hewison, Ken Young
April 29, 2009
Focusing on the issues associated with migrating for work both in and from the Asian region, this book sheds light on the debate over migration and trafficking. With contributions from an international team of well-known scholars, the book sets labour migration firmly within the context ...
Transparency and Authoritarian Rule in Southeast Asia: Singapore and Malaysia
1st Edition
By Garry Rodan
July 21, 2005
In Transparency and Authoritarian Rule in Southeast Asia, Rodan rejects the notion that the 1997-98 Asian economic crisis was further evidence that ultimately capitalism can only develop within liberal social and political institutions, and that new technology necessarily undermines authoritarian ...