Southeast Asia in the 1990s : authoritarianism, democracy and capitalism
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Southeast Asia in the 1990s : authoritarianism, democracy and capitalism
Allen & Unwin, 1993
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Southeast Asia in the 1990s : authoritarianism democracy & capitalism
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Australia's growing realization of her position within Southeast Asia means that our knowledge of the region must be up-to-date and accurate. Following on from the success of "Southeast Asia in the 1990s", Kevin Hewison, Richard Robison and Garry Rodan three of Australa's best-known academics working on the region, have brought together a group of specialists on Southeast Asian politics to produce this completely new book. "Southeast Asia in the 1990s" is a book of original studies which suggests the different political outcomes which flow from industrialization and economic development. It evaluates the various academic approaches to these questions, and then turns to a series of Southeast Asian case studies. These examine changes to, and tensions in, existing patterns of military rule, authoritarianism, and the progress of democracy as capitalism cuts a swathe through contemporary Southeast Asia. It explains the pressures for reform which are being addressed by the Communist regime in Vietnam, and discusses why it is that the rich Sultanate of Brunei has been able to minimize such pressures.
It examines the booming economies of Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia and grapples with the trials and tribulations of democractic reform in the face of the distinctive forms of authoritarianism in those countries. Finally, the progress of democratic reform in the Philippines since the fall of the Marcos regime is considered. This book provides invaluable, up-to-date, and theoretically-informed analysis of the very rapid political and economic changes taking place in the most dynamic region of the world. It will be especially welcomed by those who teach advanced undergraduate courses dealing with modern Southeast Asia.
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AcknowledgmentsContributors1 Introduction: Changing forms of state power in Southeast Asia2 Political power in industrialising capitalist societies: Theoretical approaches3 Indonesia: Tensions in state and regime4 Preserving the one-party state in contemporary Singapore5 Rentier capitalism in Negara Brunei Darussalam6 Malaysia: Neither authoritarian nor democratic7 Of regimes, state and pluralities: Thai politics enters the 1990s8 Class and state power in the Philippines9 The political economy of dismantling the 'bureaucratic centralism and subsidy system' in VietnamIndex
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