Southeast Asian Affairs 1999 / / ed. by Daljit Singh, John Funston.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Bolongaita, Emil P.,; Cleary, Mark,; Cunha, Derek da,; Diez, Javier Revilla,; Francis, Simon,; Freeman, Nick J.,; Funston, John,; Haseman, John B.,; Hughes, Caroline,; Lizée, Pierre P.,; Magadia, José,; Montes, Manual F.,; Nathan, J.M.,; Nathan, Melina,; Osborne, Milton,; Pongsapich, Amara,; Salleh, Halim,; Schneider, Andreas,; Suryadinata, Leo,; Thabchumpon, Naruemon,; Than, Tin Maung Maung,; Thayer, Carlyle A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Funston, John,; Singh, Daljit,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [1999]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (386 p.)

Southeast Asian Affairs, of which there are now twenty-six in the series, is a review of significant developments and trends in the region, with particular emphasis on ASEAN countries. The publication aims primarily at giving the enquiring reader a broad grasp of current regional affairs. Readable and easily understood analyses are made of major political, economic, social, and strategic develoments within Southeast Asia.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE REGION -- SOUTHEAST ASIA: Challenges to Unity and Regime Legitimacy -- THE ASEAN ECONOMIC MIRACLE UNRAVELS -- GREATER MEKONG SUB-REGION AND THE "ASIAN CRISIS": Caught Between Scylla and Charybdis -- AUSTRALIA'S ELECTION YEAR: Hansonism and the Asian Financial Crisis -- BRUNEI DARUSSALAM -- BRUNEI DARUSSALAM: The Outside World Intrudes -- CAMBODIA -- TESTING THE LIMITS OF CHANGE: Cambodia's Politics After the July Elections -- SURVEILLANCE AND RESISTANCE IN THE CAMBODIAN ELECTIONS: The Prisoners' Dilemma? -- INDONESIA -- A YEAR OF UPHEAVAL AND UNCERTAINTY: The Fall of Soeharto and Rise of Habibie -- INDONESIA'S ARMED FORCES: Difficult Challenges, New Future -- LAOS -- LAOS: A Million Elephants, A Million Tourists? -- MALAYSIA -- MALAYSIA: A Fateful September -- DEVELOPMENT AND THE POLITICS OF SOCIAL STABILITY IN MALAYSIA -- MYANMAR -- MYANMAR'S GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY: Economic and Political Uncertainty -- PHILIPPINES -- THE PHILIPPINES: Consolidating Democracy in Difficult Times -- CONTEMPORARY CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE PHILIPPINES -- SINGAPORE -- SINGAPORE IN 1998: Managing Expectations, Shoring-up National Morale -- THE CULTURE INDUSTRY AND THE FUTURE OF THE ARTS IN SINGAPORE -- THAILAND -- THAILAND: A Year of Diminishing Expectations -- POLITICS OF CIVIL SOCIETY -- VIETNAM -- VIETNAM: Is Globalization a Friend or a Foe? -- VIETNAM; Addressing Profound Regional Disparities