Changing Constellations of Southeast Asia

Jan Nederveen Pieterse is Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp Distinguished Professor of Global Studies and Sociology at University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.Abdul Rahman Embong is Emeritus Professor in Sociology of Development and Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia.Siew Yean Tham is a Senior Fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore.

Cast in terms of its embeddedness in two successive ‘constellations’ of economic, political and socio-cultural power (the first driven by Northeast Asia, the second by China), the chapters of this volume contain materials, ideas and arguments vital to rethinking Southeast Asia’s global significance. For anyone seeking cutting-edge knowledge about contemporary Southeast Asian development – including both the opportunities and dangers inherent in its future prospects – this is the book you need.Jeffrey Henderson, University of Bristol This volume contains gems on East Asian economies including China as well as for those interested in comparative analysis. Nederveen Pieterse, Rahman and Tham have provided editorial coherence to the chapters which reflect on the region’s miracle, debacle, trajectories and options for the future.Jomo Kwame Sundaram, former economics professor, UN Assistant Secretary General, 2007 Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought This is a most enlightening book about contemporary Southeast Asia. Readers will profit immensely from the useful comparisons between ASEAN and Northeast Asia, thoughtful analyses of the role of domestic institutions on socio-economic performance, and insightful projections of future China-ASEAN relations. I am proud that scholarship on Southeast Asia has advanced so impressively.Wing Thye Woo, University of California Davis, Fudan University, Shanghai; President of Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia, Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Acknowledgements Contributors EditorsIntroduction1 Southeast and Northeast Asia 1 Jan Nederveen Pieterse What happened to the Miracle Eight? Looking East in the twenty-first century2 Andrew Kam Jia YiDynamics of trade and value added in Factory Asia3 Fazal Rizvi Higher education in Southeast Asia 4 Zawiah YahyaThe rise of global English and language policies of China, Japan, Malaysia and Thailand 2 Institutions5 Terence Gomez and Elsa Lafaye de MicheauxDiversity of Southeast Asian Capitalisms: Evolving State-Business Relations in Malaysia6 Marc SaxerHow to escape the transformation trap: Building social consensus for sustainable development 7 Tim Rackett Thailand: Exception to the rule, or rule by exception?3 Southeast Asia and China8 Jan Nederveen Pieterse Changing constellations of Southeast Asia 9 Abdul Rahman EmbongThe charms of China’s New Silk Routes: Connecting the dots in Southeast Asia10 Siew Yean ThamExamining the shift to services: Malaysia and China compared11 Sufian JusohEconomic diplomacy in ASEAN: the case of Myanmar and China investment relations12 Rashila RamliSoutheast Asia and China relations: Desecuritizing the South China Sea