Bücher der Reihe Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between Indonesia and Malaysia, focusing especially on how the relationship has developed in the last fifty years.

Provides an analysis of a critical phase in East Asian financial history, exploring the underlying causes of the financial crisis that struck Indonesia during the second half of 1997. This work contains fieldwork data and four case studies that illuminate the microeconomic foundations of the crisis.

Focuses on Indonesias' global importance which was the key generator of the 'Asian flu' that laid low economies across East Asia in the late 1990s, and it has become a centre for Islamist politics and social movements (including terrorism). This book looks at how nations and regions across the world are navigating the currents of globalization.

By examining the sometimes surprising and unexpected roles that culture and religion have played in mitigating or exacerbating conflicts, this book explores the cultural repertoires from which Southeast Asian political actors have drawn to negotiate the pluralism that has so long been characteristic of the region.

Contributing to the growing discourse on political parties in Asia, this book looks at parties in Southeast Asiäs 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 organizational structures, mobilizational strategies and the multiple dimensions of linkages between political parties and their voters.

Social Activism in Southeast Asia brings together cutting-edge accounts of social movements concerned with civil and political rights, globalization, peace, the environment, migrant and factory labour, the rights of middle- and working-class women, and sexual identity in an overarching framework of analysis that forefronts the importance of human rights and the state as a focus for social activism in a region characterized by a history of authoritarian developmentalism and weak civil society.

Taking a theoretical and multidisciplinary perspective, the essays in this collection provide insight into contemporary Cambodian culture at home and abroad.

Brings together research on the study of men and masculinities in Southeast Asia. Drawing on rich ethnographic fieldwork from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia, this book examines both dominant constructions of masculinity and the ways in which marginal men engage with these.

"This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of marriage in archipelagic Southeast Asian countries - Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. It examines the way trends in the formation and dissolution of marriages are related to changes in the economy and society in the region."

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. This book draws together the perspectives of practitioners, policy-makers and academics on the international efforts to rebuild the world¿s newest nation.

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 the interesting comparison of two neighbouring societies shaped by two different religions - Islam and Hinduism.

Provides a comprehensive examination of the contemporary English-language theatre field in Singapore. This book describes Singapore theatre as a politically dynamic field that is often a site for struggle and resistance against state orthodoxy, and how the cultural policies of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) have shaped Singapore theatre.

One of the most challenging environmental threats to the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has been the sickening and deadly cloud of smoky pollution caused by widespread burning of land and forests in Indonesia. This book examines both the threat and response to it, analysing environmental cooperation in Southeast Asia.

Presents a comprehensive overview of Southeast Asia's nation, Timor Leste, and the challenges it faces building a stable future. This title provides a comprehensive political history of the country, covering the Portuguese period, Indonesian occupation, the United Nation transition period, independence in 2002.