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.
The Army and Ideology in Indonesia: From Dwifungsi to Bela Negara
1st Edition
By Muhamad Haripin, Adhi Priamarizki, Keoni Indrabayu Marzuki
August 01, 2022
This book is an analysis of Indonesia’s civil-military relations in the post-1998 reform era. It focuses on the political thinking of the Indonesian Army during the time of democratic consolidation. The book examines the army (Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Darat, TNI AD), a pivotal player ...
The History of South Vietnam - Lam: The Quest for Legitimacy and Stability, 1963-1967
1st Edition
By Vinh-The Lam
August 01, 2022
This book provides an in-depth analysis of the political instability of South Vietnam between the two Republics and offers a valuable contribution to the study of the history of Vietnam as it focuses on a decisive period in the history of South Vietnam. A much-needed examination of the political ...
Embodied Performativity in Southeast Asia: Multidisciplinary Corporealities
1st Edition
Edited
By Stephanie Burridge
May 06, 2022
A collection presenting cutting edge research from music, dance, performance art, fashion and visual arts, written by scholar-practitioners working in Southeast Asia. This eclectic monograph explores multi-disciplinarily performativity through the body. Exploring the notion of the body as central ...
The Political Economy of Growth in Vietnam: Between States and Markets
1st Edition
By Guanie Lim
May 06, 2022
Since the doi moi reforms in 1986, Vietnam has experienced a dramatic socioeconomic transformation. Lim examines the role of the state and its interaction with market forces in bringing this change about. Taking the motorcycle and banking industries as case studies, this book explores the dynamics ...
Ethnographies of Development and Globalization in the Philippines: Emergent Socialities and the Governing of Precarity
1st Edition
Edited
By Koki Seki
April 29, 2022
The contributors to this volume examine the actual workings and on-the-ground effects of contemporary political economic shifts in the Global South, and implications for reconfiguring social networks, conceptions and practices of governance, and burgeoning social movements. How do various groups ...
Global Indonesia
1st Edition
By Jean Gelman Taylor
June 30, 2021
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 ...
The 2018 and 2019 Indonesian Elections: Identity Politics and Regional Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Leonard Sebastian, Alexander Arifianto
October 16, 2020
The 2018/2019 Indonesian elections were among the most divisive elections in Indonesian history, where identity politics and ethno-religious sentiments were prevalent not just during the 2019 presidential election, but also during the 2018 regional executive elections as well. Contributors to this ...
Nation-Building and National Identity in Timor-Leste
1st Edition
By Michael Leach
August 23, 2018
Timor-Leste’s long journey to nationhood spans 450 years of colonial rule by Portugal, a short-lived independence in 1975, and a 24-year occupation by Indonesia. This book examines the history of nation-building and national identity in Timor-Leste, and the evolution of a collective identity ...
Maritime Security and Indonesia: Cooperation, Interests and Strategies
1st Edition
By Senia Febrica
August 14, 2018
Indonesia is the largest archipelago state in the world comprising 17,480 islands, with a maritime territory measuring close to 6 million square kilometres. It is located between the two key shipping routes of the Pacific and Indian Ocean. Indonesia’s cooperation in maritime security initiatives is...
Visual Media in Indonesia: Video Vanguard
1st Edition
By Edwin Jurriëns
August 14, 2018
In the age of digital communication and global capitalism, people’s mental, social and natural environments are interconnected in complex and often unpredictable ways. This book focuses on the visual media, one of the key factors in shaping the contemporary ecology of colliding environments. ...
Identity Politics and Elections in Malaysia and Indonesia: Ethnic Engineering in Borneo
1st Edition
By Karolina Prasad
June 28, 2018
In recent social research, ethnicity has mostly been used as an explanatory variable. It was only after it was agreed that ethnicity, in itself, is subject to change, were the questions of how and why it changes, possible to answer. This multiplicity of ethnic identities requires that we think of ...
Social Democracy in East Timor
1st Edition
By Rebecca Strating
June 28, 2018
Since the end of the Cold War, considerable scholarly debates have been devoted to the nature and scope of international state-building interventions in ‘fragile’, post-colonial states and their effectiveness in instituting democratic rule. By examining the construction of political institutions ...