TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beeson,Mark
TI  - Contemporary Southeast Asia: regional dynamics, national differences 
SN  - 1403934754
AV  - DS526.7 .C66 2004
U1  - 959.053 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - National security
KW  - Southeast Asia
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1945-
KW  - Economic conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-253) and index; Map of Southeast Asia --; Introduction : national differences and regional dynamics in Southeast Asia --; 1; Reinventing a region : Southeast Asia and the colonial experience; Robert Elson --; 2; Decolonizing Southeast Asia : nationalism, revolution and the Cold War; Mark T. Berger --; 3; Southeast Asian development in regional and historical perspective; Greg Felker --; 4; Democracy in Southeast Asia : how to get it and what does it matter?; William Case --; 5; Asian values : is an anti-authoritarian reading possible?; Chua Beng Huat --; 6; The politics of labour movements in Southeast Asia; Vedi R. Hadiz --; 7; Islam in Southeast Asia : domestic pietism, diplomacy and security; Greg Fealy --; 8; The pursuit of security in Southeast Asia : beyond realism; Alex J. Bellamy --; 9; Environmental challenges, policy failure and regional dynamics in Southeast Asia; Lorraine Elliott --; 10; Southeast Asia and the major powers : the United States, Japan and China; Mark Beeson --; 11; ASEAN : building regional cooperation; Richard Stubbs
N2  - "South East Asia is one of the world's most diverse and complex regions yet its historical development, political practices and social and economic structures also have significant common features. This major new text brings together specially-commissioned chapters by leading authorities, rigorously edited to ensure systematic coverage, to provide students with an accessible and up-to-date thematically-structured comparative introduction to South East Asia today."--Publisher description
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol056/2004041595.html
ER  -