Southeast Asia in Political Science
Theory, Region, and Qualitative Analysis
Published on 25. July 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-0-8047-6152-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book argues that Southeast Asian political studies have made important contributions to theory building in comparative politics through a dialogue involving theory, area studies, and qualitative methodology. The book provides a state-of-the-art review of key topics in the field, including: state structures, political regimes, political parties, contentious politics, civil society, ethnicity, religion, rural development, globalization, and political economy. The chapters allow readers to trace the development of Southeast Asian politics and to address central debates in comparative politics. The book will serve as a valuable reference for undergraduate and graduate students, scholars of Southeast Asian politics, and comparativists engaged in theoretical debates at the heart of political science.
Reviews / Votes
"[Southeast Asia in Political Science] is an excellent starting point for reinvigorating long-neglected debates about poverty and equity in Southeast Asia. It is theoretically and historically sophisticated, contains a wealth of information about social policy in Southeast Asia that is otherwise hard to access, and sets out some provocative ideas that deserve to be taken up and debated by scholars of Southeast Asian political economy from a wide range of theoretical perspectives."-Ben Thirkell-White, Contemporary Southeast Asia "Southeast Asia in Political Science is successful on several grounds . . . the quality is high throughout, expertly edited for coherence and continuity. Invaluable for scholars of Southeast Asia, the volume also reaches out to scholars of other regions and comparative political scientists more broadly who might examine this book to reflect on the relationship between region, theory, and method and learn what Southeast Asia has to offer."-Ehito Kimura, Japanese Journal of Political Science. "The scholarship here is excellent. These people know their region and its literature cold. This collection demonstrates the potential of qualitative Southeast Asian area studies to contribute to the broader accumulation of knowledge in political science, including the development of disciplinary theory." -Jack Snyder, Columbia University "This collection consists of elegantly written, carefully crafted, intelligent, and interesting essays that will be of enormous value to scholars of the politics of Southeast Asia." -John Sidel, London School of EconomicsMore details
Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Palo Alto
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
2 tables
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8047-6152-9 (9780804761529)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Erik Martinez Kuhonta is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University. Dan Slater is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago. Tuong Vu is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Oregon, Eugene.
Content
Contents Acknowledgments 000 Contributors 000 1. Introduction: The Contributions of Southeast Asian Political Studies 000 Erik Martinez Kuhonta, Dan Slater, and Tuong Vu 2. Studying States in Southeast Asia 000 Erik Martinez Kuhonta 3. Democracy and Dictatorship Do Not Float Freely: Structural Sources of Political Regimes in Southeast Asia 000 Dan Slater 4.Developing Democracies in Southeast Asia: Theorizing the Role of Parties and Elections 000 Allen Hicken 5. Contentious Mass Politics in Southeast Asia: Knowledge Accumulation and Cycles of Growth and Exhaustion 000 Tuong Vu 6. In-depth Research and Knowledge Accumulation about Agrarian Politics in Southeast Asia 000 Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet 7. Civil Society and Close Approximations Thereof 000 Meredith L. Weiss 8. Beyond Doctrine and Dogma: Religion and Politics in Southeast Asia 000 Kikue Hamayotsu 9. The Study of Political Ethnicity in Southeast Asia 000 Jamie S. Davidson 10. Southeast Asia and the Political Economy of Development 000 Regina Abrami and Richard F. Doner 11. The Missing Countryside: The Price of Ignoring Rural Political Economy in Southeast Asia 000 Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung 12. Southeast Asia and Globalization: The Political Economy of Illiberal Adaptation 000 Greg Felker 13. Southeast Asia in Political Science: Terms of Enlistment 000 Donald K. Emmerson 14. Concluding Remarks 000 Erik Martinez Kuhonta, Dan Slater, and Tuong Vu Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000