The Invisible China explores the influence and role of overseas Chinese communities in shaping the political dynamics of Southeast Asia. The book examines how these communities—often economically influential yet politically marginalized—navigate issues of identity, citizenship, and allegiance within multicultural and multiethnic societies. It analyzes the historical migration patterns that …
This book contains about: 1. Economic dynamism & outlook in South-east Asia 2. South-east Asia's industrial revolution - growth & structural change 3. New patterns, strong impulses - trade 4. Financing growth - foreign capital inflow etc.
In addition to outlining the political processes and institutions of the countries in Southeast Asia, this valuable volume traces their past and explains how they have transformed themselves into the countries they are today. It is the perfect text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Asian studies, political science, and history. It is also the ideal book for all those desiring a bet…
Ethnic Politics in Southeast Asia and Quest for Identity, is a case study of five important minority ethnic groups in the region, i.e. Timorese, Patani, Rohingyas, Moro and Hoas and it is an attempt towards objective understanding of ethnic disputes. Thus this study has analysed ethnic policies of Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and the Philippines and their interaction with minority comm…
In the early 1990s, the World Bank labelled seven East Asian economies -- among them, four in Southeast Asia -- as "miracle economies", which had achieved extraordinarily high rates of economic growth for several decades. In 1996, on the eve of ASEAN's thirtieth birthday, Southeast Asia was experiencing unprecedented harmony and prosperity. For the first time ever, the region's six main, intern…
The deep currency crisis which erupted in the beginning of July 1997 among the rapidly growing economies of Southeast Asia raises the question: "Have the rapid rates of growth in the late 1980s and early 1990s mortgaged the economic futures of these economies?" This book examines the economic bases for the crisis and characterizes the nature of the policy weaknesses that led to the crisis. Draw…
This book puts American policy in Southeast Asia and the traumatic events of the second Indochina War into the larger perspective of the Cold War.
This history is an account of Southeast Asia-New Zealand relations as they have emerged since the end of World War II. Drawing together the most prominent scholars of New Zealand's relations with Southeast Asia, this study examines the overall military, multilateral, and commercial relationships and those that assess individual bilateral relationships and diplomatic controversies. Southeast Asi…
Beginning with the closing decade of European colonial rule in Southeast Asia and covering the wartime Japanese empire and its postwar disintegration, Tensions of Empire focuses on the Japanese in Southeast Asia, Indonesians in Japan, and the legacy of the war in Southeast Asia. It also examines Japanese perceptions of Southeast Asia and the lingering ambivalence toward Japanese involvement in …
"This book contains the most comprehensive and critical account available of the evolution of ASEAN's norms and the viability of the ASEAN Way of conflict management. It is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Asian Studies, International Relations and Politics."