I. Introduction: The Contributions of Southeast Asian Political Studies

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents xi
3. Acknowledgments xiii
4. Contributors xv
5. I. Introduction: The Contributions of Southeast Asian Political Studies 1
6. 2. Studying States in Southeast Asia 30
7. 3. Democracy and Dictatorship Do Not Float Freely: Structural Sources of Political Regimes in Southeast Asia 55
8. 4. Developing Democracies in Southeast Asia: Theorizing the Role of Parties and Elections 80
9. 5. Contentious Mass Politics in Southeast Asia: Knowledge Accumulation and Cycles of Growth and Exhaustion 102
10. 6. In-Depth Research and Knowledge Accumulation About Agrarian Politics in Southeast Asia 129
11. 7. Civil Society and Close Approximations Thereof 144
12. 8. Beyond Doctrine and Dogma: Religion and Politics in Southeast Asia 171
13. 9. The Study of Political Ethnicity in Southeast Asia 199
14. 10. Southeast Asia and the Political Economy of Development 227
15. 11. The Missing Countryside: The Price of Ignoring Rural Political Economy in Southeast Asia 252
16. 12. Southeast Asia and Globalization: The Political Economy of Illiberal Adaptation 274
17. 13. Southeast Asia in Political Science: Terms of Enlistment 302
18. 14. Concluding Remarks 325
19. Notes 333
20. Bibliography 361
21. Index 423