Rethinking Southeast Asia

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1. Decentralization and Adat Revivalism in Indonesia

   The Politics of Becoming Indigenous

   By Adam D. Tyson

   Series: Rethinking Southeast Asia

   This book examines the dynamic process of political transition and indigenous (adat) revival in newly decentralized Indonesia. The political transition in May 1998 set the stage for the passing of Indonesia’s framework decentralization laws. These laws include both political and technocratic...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
2. Truth on Trial in Thailand

   Defamation, Treason, and Lèse-Majesté

   By David Streckfuss

   Series: Rethinking Southeast Asia

   Since 2005, Thailand has been in crisis, with unprecedented political instability and the worst political violence seen in the country in decades. In the aftermath of a military coup in 2006, Thailand’s press freedom ranking plunged, while arrests for lèse-majesté have skyrocketed to levels unknown...

   Published April 10th 2011 by Routledge
3. Living at the Edge of Thai Society

   The Karen in the Highlands of Northern Thailand

   By Claudio Delang

   Series: Rethinking Southeast Asia

   The Karen are one of the major ethnic minority groups in the Himalayan highlands, living predominantly in the border area between Thailand and Burma. As the largest ethnic minority in Thailand, they have often been in conflict with the Thai majority. This book is the first major ethnographic and...

   Published September 16th 2010 by Routledge
4. Virtual Thailand

   The Media and Cultural Politics in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore

   By Glen Lewis

   Series: Rethinking Southeast Asia

   Written by an established expert on Thailand, this is one of the first books to fully investigate the Thai media’s role during the Thaksin government’s first term. Incorporating political economy and media theory, the book provides a unique insight into globalization in Southeast Asia, analyzing...

   Published April 29th 2009 by Routledge
5. Thailand Beyond the Crisis

   By Peter Warr

   Series: Rethinking Southeast Asia

   Thailand Beyond the Crisis includes recent research to give an accurate and up to date picture of the status of Thailand's economic recovery. The Asian economic crisis began in Thailand and ended a decade of sustained economic boom. This book identifies the role of policy errors involving both the...

   Published September 8th 2004 by Routledge
6. Rethinking Vietnam

   By Duncan McCargo

   Series: Rethinking Southeast Asia

   A uniquely comprehensive overview of a fascinating and rapidly changing country, dealing with the politics, economics, society and foreign policy of Vietnam from the Doi Moi reforms of market socialism in 1986 to the present day. Drawing on fieldwork and analysis by an international team of...

   Published April 21st 2004 by Routledge
7. Military Politics and Democratization in Indonesia

   By Jun Honna

   Series: Rethinking Southeast Asia

   The military have had a key role to play in Indonesia's recent history and may well have a decisive role to play in her future. This book looks at the role of the military in the downfall of Suharto and their ongoing influence on the succeeding governments of B.J. Habibie and Abdurrahman Wahid. The...

   Published January 8th 2003 by Routledge
8. Changing Political Economy of Vietnam

   The Case of Ho Chi Minh City

   By Martin Gainsborough

   Series: Rethinking Southeast Asia

   This book explores the way in which the state has become commercialised under reform as party and government officials have gone into business and considers the impact that this has had on politics within Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. The book charts the way in which power has been decentralised to...

   Published December 11th 2002 by Routledge
9. The Politics of NGOs in Indonesia

   Developing Democracy and Managing a Movement

   By Bob S. Hadiwinata

   Series: Rethinking Southeast Asia

   This book deals with two major issues: how Indonesian NGOs survived under Suharto's authoritarian rule; and how NGOs contributed to the promotion of democracy in the post-Suharto era. If NGOs are to change from 'development' to 'movement' in democratic post-Suharto Indonesia, they must adjust not...

   Published November 20th 2002 by Routledge
10. Democracy and National Identity in Thailand

    By Michael Kelly Connors

    Series: Rethinking Southeast Asia

    This book seeks to illuminate how Thai elites have used democracy as an instrument for order and discipline. Drawing on interviews, numerous Thai language sources, and critical theory, the author reveals a remarkable adaptation of the idea of democracy in the Thai context. Connors shows how elites...

    Published October 16th 2002 by Routledge