Globalization and Its Counter-forces in Southeast Asia /

Globalization and Its Counter-forces in Southeast Asia / / ed. by Terence Chong.

This volume is a collection of essays from a diverse group of scholars. Collectively, they present a multidimensional perspective of globalization in Southeast Asia. They delve into the political, economic, security, social, and cultural dimensions of globalization and local responses, offering evid...

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MitwirkendeR:
Amirell, Stefan Eklöf,
Andersson, Martin,
Anwar, Dewi Fortuna,
Arnado, Janet M.,
Bjarnegård, Elin,
Chong, Terence,
Chotiudompant, Suradech,
Fu, Wayne,
Gunnarsson, Christer,
Gustafsson, Fredrik,
Jönsson, Kristina,
Kesavapany, K.,
Kivimäki, Timo,
Kluver, Randolph,
Lee, Terence,
Maisrikrod, Surin,
Nesadurai, Helen E.S.,
Souchou, Yao,
Thayer, Carlyle A.,
Wah, Francis Loh Kok,
Yean, Tham Siew,
HerausgeberIn:
Chong, Terence,
Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (428 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • THE CONTRIBUTORS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. Counter-forces: The Politics of Uneven Power
  • PART I. The Political Contradictions of Globalization
  • 2. Authoritarian States in Southeast Asia in Times of Globalization: Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar
  • 3. From Plural Society to Political Pluralism in Malaysia
  • 4. Indonesia’s Role in the Long-term Prospects of ASEAN
  • 5. Civil Society, Accountability and Governance in Thailand: A Dim Case of Participatory Democracy
  • PART II. Economic Regionalism and Global Influences
  • 6. Globalization and the Role of the State in the Asia-Pacific
  • 7. Economic Nationalism and the Limits of Globalization
  • 8. Southeast Asian Perspectives on the Economic Rise of China
  • PART III. Local Security, Global Insecurity
  • 9. Maritime Piracy and Raiding in Southeast Asia: Local and Global Perspectives
  • 10. Competing Globalization: The Case of European Cooperation with Indonesia against International Terrorism
  • 11. Radical Islam and Political Terrorism in Southeast Asia
  • PART IV. Social Processes: Arrested Development
  • 12. Reluctant Tigers: Economic Growth, Erratic Democratization Processes and Continuing Political Gender Inequality in Southeast Asia
  • 13. Women’s Emancipation in the Philippines: A Legacy of Western Feminism? 296 Janet M. Arnado
  • 14. Moving Story: Transnational Mobility and Chinese Education in Malaysia
  • PART V. Cultural Production in the Global Matrix
  • 15. Measuring Cultural Globalization in Southeast Asia
  • 16. The Singaporean Creative Suburb of Perth: Rethinking Cultural Globalization
  • 17. Thai Magical Realism and Globalization
  • INDEX

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