Rethinking Southeast Asia – serie
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Politics and the Press in Thailand
Media Machinations
Inbunden, 2000
2476 kr
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This is the first book in the English language to examine the tangled web of relationships linking newspaper owners, editors and reporters, with leading politicians and power-holders. Duncan McCargo has been granted unique access to the editorial meetings of Thailand's leading newspapers, and …
Thailand Beyond the Crisis
Av Peter Warr
Inbunden, 2004
2512 kr
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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 …
Military Politics and Democratization in Indonesia
Av Jun Honna
Inbunden, 2003
2476 kr
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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 …
Politics of NGOs in Indonesia
Developing Democracy and Managing a Movement
Inbunden, 2002
2512 kr
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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 …
Democracy and National Identity in Thailand
Inbunden, 2002
2476 kr
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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 …
Rethinking Vietnam
Inbunden, 2004
787 kr
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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 …
Living at the Edge of Thai Society
The Karen in the Highlands of Northern Thailand
Inbunden, 2003
2512 kr
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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 …
Rethinking Vietnam
Häftad, 2004
382 kr
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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 …
Virtual Thailand
The Media and Cultural Politics in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore
Av Glen Lewis
Inbunden, 2005
2512 kr
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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 …
Changing Political Economy of Vietnam
The Case of Ho Chi Minh City
Inbunden, 2002
2512 kr
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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 …
Military Politics and Democratization in Indonesia
Av Jun Honna
Häftad, 2005
648 kr
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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 examines 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 …
Thailand Beyond the Crisis
Av Peter Warr
Häftad, 2004
648 kr
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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 …
Truth on Trial in Thailand
Defamation, Treason, and Lèse-Majesté
Inbunden, 2010
2311 kr
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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 …
Virtual Thailand
The Media and Cultural Politics in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore
Av Glen Lewis
Häftad, 2009
772 kr
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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 …
Transnational Islamic Actors and Indonesia's Foreign Policy
Transcending the State
Inbunden, 2015
2512 kr
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The past fifteen years have seen Indonesia move away from authoritarianism to a thriving yet imperfect democracy. During this time, the archipelago attracted international attention as the most-populated Muslim-majority country in the world. As religious issues and actors have been increasingly …
Civil Society in the Philippines
Theoretical, Methodological and Policy Debates
Inbunden, 2012
2512 kr
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Drawing on qualitative and quantitative research, this book provides a path-breaking account of civil society in the Philippines. It challenges the widespread belief in political science and development studies literature that civil society in developing countries is an institutional arena in which …
Living at the Edge of Thai Society
The Karen in the Highlands of Northern Thailand
Häftad, 2010
1151 kr
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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 …
Decentralization and Adat Revivalism in Indonesia
The Politics of Becoming Indigenous
Häftad, 2012
750 kr
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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 …
Truth on Trial in Thailand
Defamation, Treason, and Lèse-Majesté
Häftad, 2011
690 kr
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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 …
Politics and Governance in Indonesia
The Police in the Era of Reformasi
Av Muradi
Inbunden, 2014
1827 kr
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How does an authoritarian state reform its police force following a transition to democracy? In 1998, Indonesia, the third largest country in the world, faced just such a challenge. Policing had long been managed under the jurisdiction of the military, as an instrument of the Suharto regime – and …
Decentralization and Adat Revivalism in Indonesia
The Politics of Becoming Indigenous
Inbunden, 2010
2512 kr
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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 …
Politics and Governance in Indonesia
The Police in the Era of Reformasi
Av Muradi
Häftad, 2017
562 kr
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How does an authoritarian state reform its police force following a transition to democracy? In 1998, Indonesia, the third largest country in the world, faced just such a challenge. Policing had long been managed under the jurisdiction of the military, as an instrument of the Suharto regime – and …
Power and Knowledge in Southeast Asia
State and Scholars in Indonesia and the Philippines
Häftad, 2021
712 kr
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Examining two state-sponsored history writing projects in Indonesia and the Philippines in the 1970s, this book illuminates the contents and contexts of the two projects and, more importantly, provides a nuanced characterization of the relationship between embodiments of power (state, dictators, …
Political Representation in Indonesia
The Emergence of the Innovative Technocrats
Häftad, 2021
691 kr
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This book analyses the transformation of political representation in contemporary Indonesia to argue the need to better understand how political representatives use claims to engage in storytelling about themselves and the community they represent.By adopting a new approach that focuses on the …
Branding Authoritarian Nations
Political Legitimation and Strategic National Myths in Military-Ruled Thailand
Häftad, 2024
648 kr
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Branding Authoritarian Nations offers a novel approach to the study of nation branding as a strategy for political legitimation in authoritarian regimes using the example of military-ruled Thailand. The book argues that nation branding is a political act that is integral to state legitimation …
Branding Authoritarian Nations
Political Legitimation and Strategic National Myths in Military-Ruled Thailand
Inbunden, 2023
2512 kr
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Branding Authoritarian Nations offers a novel approach to the study of nation branding as a strategy for political legitimation in authoritarian regimes using the example of military-ruled Thailand. The book argues that nation branding is a political act that is integral to state legitimation …
Civil Society in the Philippines
Theoretical, Methodological and Policy Debates
Häftad, 2017
851 kr
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Drawing on qualitative and quantitative research, this book provides a path-breaking account of civil society in the Philippines. It challenges the widespread belief in political science and development studies literature that civil society in developing countries is an institutional arena in which …
Reporting Thailand's Southern Conflict
Mediating Political Dissent
Häftad, 2017
750 kr
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Since 2004, Thailand’s southern border provinces have been plagued by violence. There are a wide array of explanations for this violence, from the revival of Malay nationalist movements and the influence from the global trend of radical Islam, to the power play among the regional underground crime …
Politics and the Press in Thailand
Media Machinations
Häftad, 2015
739 kr
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This is the first book in the English language to examine the tangled web of relationships linking newspaper owners, editors and reporters, with leading politicians and power-holders. Duncan McCargo has been granted unique access to the editorial meetings of Thailand's leading newspapers, and …
Politics of NGOs in Indonesia
Developing Democracy and Managing a Movement
Häftad, 2015
750 kr
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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 …
