South-East Asia
Subtitle: a political profile
By: Damien Kingsbury.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: South Melbourne; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 444
Subjects: Southeast Asia -- Politics and government.
Other titles: Southeast Asia; South East Asia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-434) and index.
Table of contents: title: Constructing the modern state; title: Authority and legitimacy; title: Economic and political development; title: Security issues; title: Burma: the garrison state; title: Thailand: the survivor mandala; title: Laos: the land in between; title: Cambodia: 'the dancing country'; title: Vietnam: the little dragon; title: Malaysia: inclusion and exclusion; title: Brunei: floating on oil; title: Philippines: oligarchic democracy; title: Singapore: the corporate state; title: Indonesia: diversity in unity; title: East Timor: the difficult birth of a new state.