ASEAN countries - Political Structures

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This is a selection of resources on political structures in ASEAN countries available from the NLB catalogue or the Internet and is not meant to be an exhaustive list.

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Managing Conflicts in a Globalizing ASEAN: Incompatibility management through good governance

This book investigates the patterns of conflict management in contemporary Southeast Asia. The region has long been characterized by the twin process of state-formation and nation-building, which has been responsible for the region’s conflicts. While this process is still ongoing, regional conflicts and their management are increasingly affected by globalisation, which not only serves as a new source of conflict, but also makes new instruments available for conflict management

Uneasy Military Encounters: The imperial politics of counterinsurgency in Southern Thailand

This book presents a political ethnography of the Thai military’s counterinsurgency practices in the southern borderland, home to the greater part of the Malay-Muslim minority. The resulting ethnography excavates the imperial politics of concrete encounters between the military and the southern population in the ongoing conflict in southern Thailand.

Routledge handbook of contemporary Thailand

This book examines the state of contemporary Thailand and argues that while Thailand has changed much in the past decades, many of its problems have remained intact or even persistent, particularly problems related to domestic politics. It underlines emerging issues at this critical juncture in the kingdom and focuses on the history, politics, economy, society, culture, religion and international relations of the country.

Rising Islamic conservatism in Indonesia: Islamic groups and identity politics

This book examines how the rise of Islamic conservatism poses challenges to Indonesia’s continued existence as a secular state, with far-reaching implications for the social, cultural and political fortunes of the country. It contributes a model of analysis in the field of Indonesian and Islamic studies on the logic of Islamic conservative activism in Indonesia.

Indonesia: Twenty years of democracy

This Element argues that after twenty years of democratization, Indonesia has performed admirably. This is especially so when the country’s accomplishments are placed in comparative perspective. However, as we analytically focus more closely to inspect Indonesia’s political regime, political economy, and how identity-based mobilizations have emerged, it is clear that Indonesia still has many challenges to overcome, some so pressing that they could potentially erode or reverse many of the democratic gains the country has achieved since its former authoritarian ruler, Soeharto, was forced to resign in 1998.

Changing lives in Laos: society, politics, and culture in a post-socialist state

During the last two decades, Laos has undergone major transformations due to a massive influx of foreign investment. Improved communications and new forms of mobility have dramatically altered rural life. The book brings together contributions from young scholars that look closely at these transitions and the resulting rise of a new social, cultural, and economic order.

The Political Economy of Southeast Asia

This book demonstrates why a critical political economy approach is more crucial than ever for understanding Southeast Asia’s transformation. Across a wide range of topics, the book explains how capitalist development and globalisation are reshaping the societies, economies and politics of a diverse group of countries, casting light on the deep sources of economic and social power in the region.

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Blood and silk: Power and conflict in modern Southeast Asia

In Blood and Silk, Michael Vatikiotis, director of a conflict-resolution nongovernmental organisation, assesses the politics of contemporary Southeast Asia. He highlights cases of corruption, violence and oppression, and examines their causes.

Politics in contemporary Southeast Asia: Authority, democracy and political change

Damien Kingsbury, professor of international politics at Deakin University, Australia, writes about the problems that Southeast Asian governments face in the 21st century. Kingsbury focuses on state accountability, transparency, as well as the roles of the elite and military in politics.

ASEAN countries - Political Structures

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