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41. Human Security in Southeast Asia

    By Yukiko Nishikawa

    Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

    There is a growing interest in human security in Southeast Asia. This book firstly explores the theoretical and conceptual basis of human security, before focusing on the region itself. It shows how human security has been taken up as a central part of security policy in individual states in...

    Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
42. Religion, Politics and Gender in Indonesia

    Disputing the Muslim Body

    By Sonja van Wichelen

    Series: Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series

    The political downfall of the Suharto administration in 1998 marked the end of the "New Order" in Indonesia, a period characterized by 32 years of authoritarian rule. It opened the way for democracy, but also for the proliferation of political Islam, which the New Order had discouraged or banned....

    Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
43. Community, Environment and Local Governance in Indonesia

    Locating the commonweal

    Edited by Carol Warren, John F. McCarthy

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

    This book explores the forces reconfiguring local resource governance in Indonesia since 1998, drawing together original field research undertaken in a decade of dramatic political change. Case studies from across Indonesia’s diverse cultural and ecological landscapes focus on the most significant...

    Published March 13th 2012 by Routledge
44. China and East Asian Regionalism

    Economic and Security Cooperation and Institution-Building

    Edited by Suisheng Zhao

    To convey the image of a responsible power willing to contribute to regional stability and cooperation, China has shifted from a single-minded preference for bilateralism to an active participation in East Asian regionalism in the recent decades. This development has inspired discussions over...

    Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge
45. Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Politics

    Edited by Richard Robison

    This Handbook provides a comprehensive analysis of the major themes that have defined the politics of Southeast Asia. It provides a comprehensive and cutting-edge examination of this important subject. The introductory chapter provides an overview of the theoretical and ideological themes that have...

    Published December 15th 2011 by Routledge
46. State Structure, Policy Formation, and Economic Development in Southeast Asia

    The Political Economy of Thailand and the Philippines

    By Antoinette R. Raquiza

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    Why do some small, developing countries industrialize and others don’t? What factors account for different economic performance among states that are vulnerable to external shocks, crony capitalism, and political instability? This book argues that the answer lies in the structuring of state power,...

    Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
47. Men and Masculinities in Southeast Asia

    Edited by Michele Ford, Lenore Lyons

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

    This book brings together extensive recent innovative research on the study of men and masculinities in Southeast Asia. Drawing on rich ethnographic fieldwork from Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia and Timor-Leste, the book examines both dominant and marginal...

    Published November 29th 2011 by Routledge
48. Justice and Governance in East Timor

    Indigenous Approaches and the 'New Subsistence State'

    By Rod Nixon

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

    Focusing on the case study of Timor Leste, this book presents the New Subsistence State as a conceptual tool for understanding governance challenges in countries characterised by subsistence economic and social relations. It examines the ways in which Timor Leste conforms to the typology of the New...

    Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge
49. Reconciling Indonesia

    Grassroots agency for peace

    Edited by Birgit Bräuchler

    Series: Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations

    Indonesia has been torn by massive internal conflicts over the last decade. The absence of functioning national tools of reconciliation and the often limited success of an internationally established ‘reconciliation toolkit’ of truth commissions and law enforcement, justice and human rights,...

    Published October 11th 2011 by Routledge
50. Ethno-Religious Violence in Indonesia

    From Soil to God

    By Chris Wilson

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

    Ethno-religious violence in Indonesia illustrates in detail how and why previously peaceful religious communities can descend into violent conflict. From 1999 until 2000, the conflict in North Maluku, Indonesia, saw the most intense communal violence of Indonesia’s period of democratization. For...

    Published October 6th 2011 by Routledge