Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
About the Book Series
The aim of this series is to publish original, high-quality work by both new and established scholars on all aspects of Southeast Asia.
Law and Politics of Blasphemy in Indonesia: The Sacred, the State and the Ballot Box
1st Edition
By Rafiqa Qurrata A'yun
March 05, 2026
This book examines the persistence of blasphemy provisions, their increasing use in post-authoritarian Indonesia and the extent to which religion has been instrumentalised for political ends justified by law. Based on empirical research and an analysis of more than a hundred court decisions ...
Civil Society Responses to Extremism in the Philippine Bangsamoro
1st Edition
Edited
By Leanne M. Kelly, Primitivo III Ragandang, Anthony Ware, Yasmira Moner
February 02, 2026
Civil Society Responses to Extremism in the Philippine Bangsamoro brings together new research and grounded perspectives from scholars and practitioners working in Mindanao to examine how violent and hateful extremism (VHE) takes root, and how it is being addressed. By adopting an expanded ...
The Chinese in Brunei
1st Edition
Edited
By Ooi Keat Gin
February 02, 2026
This book presents diverse perspectives on issues faced by the Chinese minority in predominantly Malay Muslim Brunei, drawing together cutting-edge research from early career, Brunei Chinese academics themselves to present a truly groundbreaking volume. As a result of strict immigration rules and ...
Keramat, Sacred Relics and Forbidden Idols in Singapore
1st Edition
By William L. Gibson
December 26, 2025
Keramat, holy graves and shrines, represent physical markers of Singapore’s history as a multi‑ethnic maritime trading center. They offered sanctified spaces not only for Muslims but also for the entire community in which they emerged. Maintained by self‑appointed caretakers, the stories of keramat...
The Making of Singapore as an Asian Regional Corridor: Historicity, Trade, and Diaspora
1st Edition
Edited
By Hong Liu, Cheun Hoe Yow, Huimei Zhang
October 29, 2025
Liu, Yow, Zhang and the contributors examine Singapore’s significance as an Asian Regional Corridor and provide a new perspective on interpreting Singapore’s important position in the Asian region and its role as a bridge connecting Asia to the world and within the Asian region. The book unfolds ...
Military Modernisation in Southeast Asia after the Cold War: Acquisition, Retention, and Geostrategic Impacts
1st Edition
By Shang-Su Wu
September 29, 2025
Southeast Asian countries represent a wide range of approaches to military modernisation due to their great diversity in politics, economies, geography and other factors. Bounded by the Pacific and Indian Oceans and located between China and India is the setting for the geostrategic impacts of ...
Women's Agency and the State in Contemporary Brunei
1st Edition
Edited
By Norainie Ahmad, Ooi Keat Gin
September 19, 2025
This pioneering book presents a comprehensive overview of the role of women in Brunei’s economy, society and public domain, from the historical and contemporary perspective. Making an important contribution to the study of women in Asia by focusing on Brunei, a country with many distinctive ...
Improvisation Methods and Practices in Southeast Asia: Music, Dance and Theatre
1st Edition
Edited
By Darren Moore, Stephanie Burridge
September 04, 2025
Moore, Burridge, and the contributors explore the multifaceted role of improvisation, from rehearsal to performance and teaching to learning within the Southeast Asian performing arts scene. They feature a vital overview of how contemporary Southeast Asian artists use improvisation in their ...
The Climate–Energy–Land Nexus in Indonesia: Biofuel, REDD+ and biochar
1st Edition
Edited
By Akihisa Mori, Alin Halimatussadiah
May 06, 2025
This book extends the framework of the climate-energy-land nexus to elucidate political, economic, social, and institutional factors and causal mechanisms that stringent climate targets bring about, rather than mitigate a disproportional heavy burden on the forest sector in Indonesia. Assessing ...
Gender, Sexuality and Islam in Contemporary Indonesia: Queer Muslims and their Allies
1st Edition
By Diego Garcia Rodriguez
December 18, 2024
Gender, Sexuality and Islam in Contemporary Indonesia explores gender, sexuality and religion in contemporary Indonesia. It is the first book-length analysis of the experiences of queer Muslims in Indonesia, the largest Muslim country and the world’s fourth most populous nation, as well as the ...
Education and Power in Contemporary Southeast Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Azmil Tayeb, Rosalie Metro, Will Brehm
November 28, 2024
This book focuses on education and power in Southeast Asia and analyzes the ways in which education has been instrumentalized by state, non-state, and private actors across this diverse region. The book looks at how countries in Southeast Asia respond to the endogenous and exogenous influences in ...
Plural Ecologies in Southeast Asia: Hierarchies, Conflicts, and Coexistence
1st Edition
Edited
By Timo Duile, Kristina Großmann, Michaela Haug, Guido Sprenger
November 28, 2024
This book draws on ethnographic studies in Southeast Asia to provide new insights into human–environmental relationships and ecologies, together with a set of theoretical innovations. Contextualizing ecologies in this region as pluralizing or hegemonic, conflictive or cooperative, the case studies ...