Asian Research

Sikh Communal Identity in Southeast Asia

By Arunajeet Kaur

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

This book analyses Sikh communal identity as it was established in the Far East under the auspices of the British Empire. Focusing on Singapore with a comparative case study with Malaysia, where Sikh communities form a significant minority in terms of numbers and visibility and have had significant...

To Be Published December 31st 2013 by Routledge

Human Trafficking in Cambodia

By Chenda Keo

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

Reporting the findings of a comprehensive study of human trafficking in Cambodia, this book focuses on the characteristics and operations of the traffickers. It provides a theoretical framework that explains the emergence of the phenomenon, and the role of moral panic and western hegemony in the...

To Be Published October 15th 2013 by Routledge

Nation-building and National Identity in Timor-Leste

By Michael Leach

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

East Timor continues to be an example of a state built from the ground up, a society rebuilding itself after almost a quarter of a century of profound trauma, and consecutive eras of colonialism. The impact East Timor has had, and continues to have, across a range of fields, belies the small size...

To Be Published January 30th 2014 by Routledge

Cambodia and the Politics of Aesthetics

By Alvin Lim

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

Illuminating developments in contemporary Cambodia with political and aesthetic theory, this book analyses the country’s violent transition from socialism to capitalism through an innovative method that combines the aesthetic approach and critical theory. To understand the particularities of the...

Published November 13th 2012 by Routledge

Global Indonesia

By Jean Gelman Taylor

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

In the 19th century, colonial rule brought the modern world closer to the Indonesian peoples, introducing mechanized transport, all-weather roads, postal and telegraph communications, and steamship networks that linked Indonesia’s islands to each other, to Europe and the Middle East. This book...

Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge

Adolescents in Contemporary Indonesia

By Lyn Parker, Pam Nilan

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

The youth demographic is a large and growing cohort in Indonesia, and adolescents embody the currents of social change. Throughout the twentieth century they were significant agents of social protest leading to social and political transformation. This book looks at the importance of adolescents in...

To Be Published June 3rd 2013 by Routledge

Chinese Indonesians Reassessed

History, Religion and Belonging

Edited by Siew-Min Sai, Chang-Yau Hoon

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

The Chinese in Indonesia form a significant minority of about three percent of the population, and have played a disproportionately important role in the country. Given that Chinese Indonesians are not seen as indigenous to the country and are consistently defined against Indonesian nationalism,...

Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge

Party Politics in Southeast Asia

Clientelism and Electoral Competition in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines

Edited by Dirk Tomsa, Andreas Ufen

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

Contributing to the growing discourse on political parties in Asia, this book looks at parties in Southeast Asia’s most competitive electoral democracies of Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. It highlights the diverse dynamics of party politics in the region and provides new insights into...

Published October 28th 2012 by Routledge

The Technological State in Indonesia

The Co-constitution of High Technology and Authoritarian Politics

By Sulfikar Amir

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

Using a historical sociology approach, this book illustrates the formation of the technological state in Indonesia during the New Order period (1966-1998). It explores the nexus between power, high technology, development, and authoritarianism situated in the Southeast Asian context. The book...

Published September 17th 2012 by Routledge

Journalism and Conflict in Indonesia

From Reporting Violence to Promoting Peace

By Steve Sharp

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

This book examines, through the case study of Indonesia over recent decades, how the reporting of violence can drive the escalation of violence, and how journalists can alter their reporting practices in order to have the opposite effect and promote peace. It discusses the nature of press freedom...

Published October 17th 2012 by Routledge

Social Activism in Southeast Asia

Edited by Michele Ford

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

Social Activism in Southeast Asia examines the ways in which social movements operate in a region characterized by a history of authoritarian regimes and relatively weak civil society. It situates cutting-edge accounts of activism around civil and political rights, globalization, peace, the...

Published August 30th 2012 by Routledge

Parties and Parliaments in Southeast Asia

Non-Partisan Chambers in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand

By Roland Rich

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

Political parties are an essential ingredient in a modern democracy. They are also seen as the least trusted and most problematic institution in most democratic systems. While there have been attempts to strengthen parties through institutional design and capacity building, a new strategy has been...

Published August 5th 2012 by Routledge

Building a People-Oriented Security Community the ASEAN way

By Alan Collins

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

ASEAN has declared its intention to create a security community in Southeast Asia that is people-orientated. This book evaluates ASEAN’s progress, and in doing so examines three matters of concern. The book firstly looks at the importance of constitutive norms to the workings of security...

Published August 21st 2012 by Routledge

Legal Pluralism in Indonesia

Bridging the Unbridgeable

By Ratno Lukito

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

With the revival of Islamic law and adat (customary) law in the country, this book investigates the history and phenomenon of legal pluralism in Indonesia. It looks at how the ideal of modernity in Indonesia has been characterized by a state-driven effort in the post-colonial era to make the...

Published June 26th 2012 by Routledge

Southeast Asia and the Cold War

Edited by Albert Lau

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

The origins and the key defining moments of the Cold War in Southeast Asia have been widely debated. This book focuses on an area that has received less attention, the impact and legacy of the Cold War on the various countries in the region, as well as on the region itself. The book contributes to...

Published June 11th 2012 by Routledge

Political Change and Territoriality in Indonesia

Provincial Proliferation

By Ehito Kimura

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

What makes large, multi-ethnic states hang together? At a time when ethnic and religious conflict has gained global prominence, the territorial organization of states is a critical area of study. Exploring how multi-ethnic and geographically dispersed states grapple with questions of territorial...

Published August 23rd 2012 by Routledge

Singapore Malays

Being Ethnic Minority and Muslim in a Global City-State

By Hussin Mutalib

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

The Malay population makes up Singapore's three largest ethnic groups. This book presents holistic and extensive analysis of the 'Malay Muslim story' in Singapore. Comprehensively and convincingly argued, the author examines their challenging circumstances in the fields of politics, education,...

Published June 17th 2012 by Routledge

Labour Migration and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia

Critical Perspectives

Edited by Michele Ford, Lenore Lyons, Willem van Schendel

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

Since the signing of the UN Trafficking Protocol, anti-trafficking laws, policies and other initiatives have been implemented at the local, national and regional levels. These activities have received little scholarly attention. This volume aims to begin to fill this gap by documenting the...

Published April 11th 2012 by Routledge

Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore

Making Future Citizens

By Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

This book examines the relationship between population policies and individual reproductive decisions in low-fertility contexts. Using the case study of Singapore, it demonstrates that the effectiveness of population policy is a function of competing notions of citizenship, and the gap between...

Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge

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

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

Corruption and Law in Indonesia

By Simon Butt

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

Indonesia has transformed from one of South East Asia’s most repressive and centralised political systems to its most decentralised and democratic. Despite this, obstacles still remain that hinder Indonesia achieving the ‘rule of law’, and in particular, the country is consistently ranked as having...

Published October 3rd 2011 by Routledge

Separatist Conflict in Indonesia

The long-distance politics of the Acehnese diaspora

By Antje Missbach

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

The socio-political activities of the Acehnese diaspora, located mainly in Malaysia, Scandinavia, the USA and Australia, have been of fundamental importance to conflict and politics within Aceh. The intensity of the relations between the diaspora and the homeland was mainly determined by the...

Published September 15th 2011 by Routledge

Local Politics in Indonesia

Pathways to Power

By Nankyung Choi

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

Competitive elections have become an institutionalized feature of contemporary Indonesia’s politics. This, together with other considerations, makes it reasonable to call Indonesia the world’s third largest democracy. Nonetheless, democratic elections in Indonesia are both more complex and...

Published September 13th 2011 by Routledge

Changing Marriage Patterns in Southeast Asia

Economic and Socio-Cultural Dimensions

Edited by Gavin W. Jones, Terence H. Hull, Maznah Mohamad

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

Various forms of partnering – such as officially registered marriages, cohabiting relationships, and other kinds of relatively stable relationships - are crucial in the formation of families throughout the world. Although, today, forms of partnering in the region are not restricted to formal...

Published September 11th 2011 by Routledge

Neoliberal Morality in Singapore

How family policies make state and society

By Youyenn Teo

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

Using the case study of Singapore, this book examines the production of a set of institutionalized relationships and ethical meanings that link citizens to each other and the state. It looks at how questions of culture and morality are resolved, and how state-society relations are established that...

Published September 11th 2011 by Routledge

The Political Resurgence of the Military in Southeast Asia

Conflict and Leadership

Edited by Marcus Mietzner

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

In the late 1990s, prominent scholars of civil-military relations detected a decline in the political significance of the armed forces across Southeast Asia. A decade later, however, this trend seems to have been reversed. The Thai military launched a coup in 2006, the Philippine armed forces...

Published August 21st 2011 by Routledge

Security, Development and Nation-Building in Timor-Leste

A Cross-sectoral Assessment

Edited by Vandra Harris, Andrew Goldsmith

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

Despite Timor-Leste’s high expectations when it became independent from Indonesia in 2002, the country is ranked among the least developed countries in the world. It has found itself at the centre of international attention in the last decade, with one of the biggest interventions in UN history, as...

Published June 20th 2011 by Routledge

Singapore's Ageing Population

Managing Healthcare and End-of-Life Decisions

Edited by Wing-Cheong Chan

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

A rapidly ageing population is the most significant demographic issue confronting Singapore in our lifetime. This has created new and increasing demands on Singapore's healthcare system and on the families of the older adults. The challenge is in providing a system of care that is humane, effective...

Published May 24th 2011 by Routledge

The Politics of Religion in Indonesia

Syncretism, Orthodoxy, and Religious Contention in Java and Bali

Edited by Michel Picard, Rémy Madinier

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

Indonesia is a remarkable case study for religious politics. While not being a theocratic country, it is not secular either, with the Indonesian state officially defining what constitutes religion, and every citizen needing to be affiliated to one of them. This book focuses on Java and Bali, and...

Published May 11th 2011 by Routledge

Ending Forced Labour in Myanmar

Engaging a Pariah Regime

By Richard Horsey

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) efforts since the early 1990s to address the forced labour situation in Myanmar represent a rare example of success in influencing the behaviour of that regime, and this book gives a first-hand account of these efforts. As the ILO’s representative in...

Published February 27th 2011 by Routledge