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Saying the Unsayable
The Thai monarchy today is usually presented as both guardian of tradition and the institution to bring modernity and progress to the Thai people. It is moreover seen as protector …
Politicized Society: Taiwan's Struggle with its One-Party Past
This book explores a relatively uncharted area of democratic transitions. In particular, it addresses the problems of protracted transitions that occur when a one-party state has …
Negotiating Autonomy in Greater China
Local autonomy is a complex and often contentious issue in many countries, not least because the situation often involves a process of continuous (re)negotiation. Moreover, the …
The Indonesian Military After the New Order
This study identifies the factors behind the Indonesian military's decision to reposition its dominant role in socio-political affairs after the fall of Suharto. It covers the …
Modern Muslim Identities
This book explores a central tension in identity politics: how the state, civil society and people in general may want to create and maintain cultural, religious and social …
Nordic-China Cooperation
For all the Nordic countries, China has become an important trading partner. It also plays a central role in the management of the international order on which the Nordic states …
Civil Society and Democratization
This book is for anyone wondering whatever happened to Thailand's vanished Marxist insurgents or interested in understanding the forces behind the mass demonstrations of peasants …
Surabaya, 1945-2010
This is a remarkable study of urban society in one of Indonesia's main port cities. It views the city from below based on the experiences of the people who occupy its alleyways, …
Mapping Cultural Nationalism: The Scholars of the Burma Research Society, 1910-1935
Despite the proscription of public political debates under colonial rule in Burma, boundary-crossing ventures like the Burma Research Society (founded in 1910) allowed those from …
Thai Politics in Translation
Since Thailand's prolonged political crisis began with royalist mobilization against prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 2005, international observers have been treated to easy …
Walking a Tightrope
His portrait still hangs there above the Gate of Heavenly Peace, overlooking Tiananmen Square - Mao Zedong, founder of the People's Republic of China and its Communist Party. As a …
People of Virtue
Much attention has been given to the 'killing fields' of Cambodia, far less to how the country can recover and heal itself after such an experience. Crucial to this process has …