South East Asian Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Human Security in East Asia

   Challenges for Collaborative Action

   Edited by Sorpong Peou

   Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

   Since the end of the Cold War the number of interstate wars has remained relatively low, although whilst states may be more secure than ever this does not mean that individual human beings are too. This has led to a growing recognition of the importance of human security, in contrast to the...

   Published December 30th 2012 by Routledge
2. Vietnam

   A Guide to Economic and Political Developments

   By Ian Jeffries

   Series: Guides to Economic and Political Developments in Asia

   Winning the Vietnam War proved easier than winning the peace. Since 1975, the reunited country has faced the problem of how a poorer, planned economy in which state ownership and control could successfully absorb a more advanced, capitalist economy. In addition, the collapse of communism and the...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. Emptiness Appraised

   A Critical Study of Nagarjuna's Philosophy

   By David F. Burton

   Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism

   Emptiness means that all entities are empty of, or lack, inherent existence - entities have a merely conceptual, constructed existence. Though Nagarjuna advocates the Middle Way, his philosophy of emptiness nevertheless entails nihilism, and his critiques of the Nyaya theory of knowledge are shown...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Changing Village Environment in Southeast Asia

   Applied anthropology and environmental reclamation in the northern Philippines

   By Ben Wallace

   Series: The Modern Anthropology of Southeast Asia

   This book follows the work of the 'Good Roots Project' - a multi-year forestry and agriculture research project in the Philippines. The scheme is an attempt on the part of industry, science and the government to better understand the processes of deforestation and initiate a strategy by which...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
5. A Colonial Economy in Crisis

   Burma's Rice Cultivators and the World Depression of the 1930s

   By Ian Brown

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   The book challenges the orthodox argument that rural populations which abandoned self-sufficiency to become single commodity producers, and were supposedly very vulnerable to the commodity price collapse of the 1930s Depression, did not suffer as much as has been supposed. It shows how the effects...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
6. Status and Security in Southeast Asian State Systems

   By Nicholas Tarling

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   Southeast Asia serves as an excellent case study to discuss major transformations in the relationship between states. This book looks at the changing nature of relationships between countries in Southeast Asia, as well as their relationships with other states in Asia and beyond. A diverse region...

   Published December 11th 2012 by Routledge
7. Public Management and Governance in Malaysia

   Trends and Transformations

   Edited by Noore Siddiquee

   Series: Routledge/City University of Hong Kong Southeast Asia Series

   The past two and a half decades have seen major transformations in public sector management and governance across the globe. This book examines the ways public sector management and governance in Malaysia has changed and is changing under contemporary reform models. Chapters are written by...

   Published December 4th 2012 by Routledge
8. Lee Kuan Yew's Strategic Thought

   By Ang Cheng Guan

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   Lee Kuan Yew, as the founding father of independent Singapore, has had an enormous impact on the development of Singapore and of Southeast Asia more generally. Even in his 80s he is a key figure who continues to exert considerable influence from behind the scenes. This book presents a comprehensive...

   Published November 27th 2012 by Routledge
9. Cambodia and the Politics of Aesthetics

   By Alvin Lim

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   Illuminating developments in contemporary Cambodia with political and aesthetic theory, this book analyses the country’s violent transition from socialism to capitalism through an innovative method that combines the aesthetic approach and critical theory. To understand the particularities of the...

   Published November 13th 2012 by Routledge
10. Child Protection in Development

    Edited by Michael Bourdillon, William Myers

    Series: Development in Practice Books

    Every day millions of children in developing countries face adversities of many kinds, yet there is a shortage of sound evidence concerning their plight and an urgent need to identify the most appropriate and effective policy responses from among the multiple approaches that exist. This collection...

    Published October 30th 2012 by Routledge