1st Edition

Securing Southeast Asia The Politics of Security Sector Reform

By Mark Beeson, Alex Bellamy Copyright 2008
228 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

228 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book uniquely applies the security reform agenda to Southeast Asia. It investigates recent developments in civil-military relations in the region, looking in particular at the impact and utility of the agenda on the region and assessing whether it is likely to help make the region more stable and less prone to military interventions. It provides an historical overview of the region’s... Read more

Acknowledgements.  Introduction  1. Security Sector Reform in a Southeast Asian Context 2. Civil-Military Relations and Institutional Change  3. The Historical Origins of Southeast Asian Security  4. Malaysia: Constitutionalism Corrupted?  5. Thailand: Military Rule, There and Back Again?  6. Indonesia: From Concordance to Constitutionalism?  7. The Philippines: The Politics of Polyarchy?  Conclusion.  References

Biography

Mark Beeson is Professor of International Politics at the University of Birmingham. His research is centred on the politics, economics and security of East Asia. His latest book is Regionalism, Globalization and East Asia (Palgrave, 2007).

Alex Bellamy is Professor of International Relations at the University of Queensland. His research is centred on the normative dimensions of military power. His latest book is Just Wars: From Cicero to Iraq (Polity, 2006).

'The goal of books such as these is to highlight issues, offer food for thought and stir up discussion; the authors should therefore be commended for doing just that,...' - Dzirhan Mahadzir, Contemporary Southeast Asia