Politics of Modern Southeast Asia, (4 Volume Set)

Southeast Asia offers a rich tapestry of comparatively under-studied countries that shed light on political dynamics and political economy within developing states. Some countries manage rapid economic development while others do not; Southeast Asia is home to some of the fastest growing economies in the last forty years (e.g. Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and later Indonesia) alongside economic basket cases (e.g. Burma) and chronic under-performers (e.g. the Philippines).

In addition, there are abundant examples of political transitions to or from democracy to be found in the region, along with countries that seem to function stably somewhere between democracy and autocracy. (Indonesia’s experiment with democracy is a critical case study in the compatibility of Islam with democracy.)

This new four-volume collection from Routledge represents a unique compilation of the best work on modern Southeast Asian politics, and as such will be an invaluable resource for students and instructors interested in the region. It will also appeal to those interested in the politics of the developing world more generally and who are looking to the experiences of the countries that form Southeast Asia for invaluable case studies that resonate in a wider political and economic context.

Volume I

Chapter 1 : Business, Government and Development : Northeast and Southeast Asian Comparisons, Business and Government in Industrializing Asia
Chapter 2 : Patrimonial States and Rent Capitalism : The Philippines in Comparative Perspectives’, Booty Capitalism
Chapter 3 : States, Social Elites, and Government Capacity in Southeast Asia’, World Politics
Chapter 4 : Patron-Client Politics and Political Change in Southeast Asia’, American Political Science Review
Chapter 5 : Transaction Costs and Crony Capitalism in East Asia’, Comparative Politics
Chapter 6 : State Power and Private Profit : The Political Economy of Corruption in Southeast Asia’, Asian-Pacific Economic Literature
Chapter 7 : Business and Politics in Thailand : New Patterns of Influence’, Asian Survey
Chapter 8 : Network Monarchy and Legitimacy Crises in Thailand’, The Pacific Review
Chapter 9 : Political Reform and The State in Thailand : New Patterns of Influence’, Journal of Contemporary Asia
Chapter 10 : Bossism and State Formation in The Philippines’, Capital, Coercion and Crime : Bossism in The Philippines
Chapter 11 : Colonial Masters, National Politicos, and Provincial Lords : Central Authority and Local Autonomy in The American Philippines’, Journal of Asian Studies
Chapter 12 : The Singapore State Revisited’, Pacific Review
Chapter 13 : Protective Repression, International Pressure, and Institutional Design : Explaining Labor Reform in Indonesia’, Studies in Comparative International Development
Chapter 14 : Straight Ahead on Red : How Foreign Direct Investment Empowers Subnational Leaders’, Journal of Politics
Chapter 15 : Corruption and The Politics of Decentralization in Vietnam’, Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volume II

Chapter 16 : The Construction of Grievance : Natural Resources and Identity in a Separatist Conflict’, Journal of Conflict Resolution
Chapter 17 : Theories of Peasant Revolution : A Critique and Contribution from The Philippines’, World Politics
Chapter 18 : Civil Society and OTher Political Possibilities in Southeast Asia’, Journal of Contemporary Asia
Chapter 19 : What Will Become of Reformasi? Ethnicity and Changing Political Norms in Malaysia’, Contemporary Southeast Asia
Chapter 20 : Democratization, Civil Society, and Illiberal Middle Class Culture in Pacific Asia’, Comparative Politics
Chapter 21 : Ethnic Conflicts in Indonesia : National Models, Critical Junctures and The Timing of Violence’, Journal of East Asian Studies
Chapter 22 : The Making of Race in Colonial Malaya : Political Economy and Racial Ideology’, Sociological Forum
Chapter 23 : Perceptions of Ethnicity in The Politics of Burma’, Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science
Chapter 24 : Buddhism and National Integration in Thailand’, Journal of Asian Studies
Chapter 25 : Democratization in an Age of Religious Revitalization’, Civil Islam : Muslims and Democratization in Indonesia
Chapter 26 : Islam and Nation Building in Southeast Asia : Malaysia and Indonesia in Comparative Perspective’, Pacific Affairs
Chapter 27 : Blood, Sweat, and Jihad : The Radicalization of The Political Discourse of The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) from 1982 Onwards’, Contemporary Southeast Asia
Chapter 28 : Genealogies of Islamic Radicalism in Post-Suharto Indonesia’, South East Asia Research
Chapter 29 : The Islamic Independence Movements in Patani of Thailand and Mindanao of The Philippines’, Asian Survey
Chapter 30 : International Jihad and Muslim Radicalism in Thailand? Toward an Alternative Interpretation’, Asia Policy

Volume III

Chapter 31 : Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Revisited : Colonial State and Chinese Immigrant in The Making of Modern Southeast Asia’, Comparative Politics
Chapter 32 : Region and Recalcitrance : Rethinking Democracy Through Southeast Asia’, The Pacific Review
Chapter 33 : Growth and Democracy in Southeast Asia’, Comparative Politics
Chapter 34 : Can The "Halfway House" Stand? Semidemocracy and Elite Theory in Three Southeast Asian Countries’, Comparative Politics
Chapter 35 : Life of The Party : The Origins of Regime Breakdown and Persistence Under Single-Party Rule’, World Politics
Chapter 36 : Iron Cage in an Iron Fist : Authoritarian Institutions and The and The Personalization of Power in Malaysia’, Comparative Politics
Chapter 37 : Syncretic State and The Structuring of Oppositional Politics in Malaysia, Political Oppositions in Industrializing Asia
Chapter 38 : Murder and Progress in Modern Siam’, New Left Review
Chapter 39 : Political Parties, Factions, and Corruption in Thailand’, Modern Asian Studies
Chapter 40 : Thaksin’s Populism’, Journal of Contemporary Asia
Chapter 41 : Crafting Thailand’s New Social Contract’, The Pacific Review
Chapter 42 : Party Fabrication : Constitutional Reform and The Rise of Thai Rak Thai’, Journal of East Asian Studies
Chapter 43 : Cacique Democracy in The Philippines : Origins and Dreams’, New Left Review
Chapter 44 : Strong Demands and Weak Institutions : The Origins and Evolution of The Democratic Deficit in The Philippines’, Journal of East Asia Studies
Chapter 45 : Off The Endangered List : Philippine Democratization in Comparative Perspective’, Comparative Politics
Chapter 46 : Patrimonialism and Military Rule in Indonesia’, World Politics
Chapter 47 : Suharto’s Indonesia : Personal Rule and Political Institutions’, Pacific Affairs
Chapter 48 : Social Influences on 1999 Voting Choices’, Half-Hearted Reform : Electoral Institutions and The Struggle for Democracy in Indonesia
Chapter 49 : Leadership, Party and Religion : Explaining Voting Behavior in Indonesia’, Comparative Political Studies

Volume IV

Chapter 50 : Approaches to The Politics of Economic Growth in Southeast Asia’, Journal of Asian Studies
Chapter 51 : Systematic Vulnerability and The Origins of Developmental States : Northeast and Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspective’, International Organization
Chapter 52 : Towards a Political Economy Explanation of Rapid Growth in ASEAN : A Survey and Analysis’, ASEAN Economic Bulletin
Chapter 53 : Rethinking The Role of Government Policy in Southeast Asia, Rethinking The Asian Miracle
Chapter 54 : The Materialization of The Southeast Asian Entrepreneur, Southeast Asian Capitalists
Chapter 55 : Industrialization Without Development’, The Rise of Ersatz Capitalism in South-East Asia
Chapter 56 : The Myth of Asia’s Miracle’, Foreign Affairs
Chapter 57 : Institutions and Investors : The Politics of The Asian Economic Crisis’, International Organization
Chapter 58 : Singapore’s Economic Development : Four Lessons and Some Doubts’, Oxford Development Studies
Chapter 59 : Why Has Myanmar Not Developed Like East Asia?’, ASEAN Economic Bulletin
Chapter 60 : Indonesia’s Industrial Policy and Performance : "Orthodoxy" Vindicated’, Economic Development and Cultural Change
Chapter 61 : Reassessing The Effectiveness of Industrial Policy in Indonesia : Can The Neoliberals be Wrong?’, World Development
Chapter 62 : War and Economic Development : Export-Oriented Industrialization in East and Southeast Asia’, Comparative Politics
Chapter 63 : ASEAN Plus Three : Emerging East Asian Regionalism?’, Asian Survey
Chapter 64 : ASEAN and The Asian Crisis : Theoretical Implications and Practical Consequences for Southeast Asian Regionalism’, The Pacific Review