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Argues that although Sultan Azlan Shah and Sultan Nazrin Shah have embraced the idea of a ""new"" Malaysian monarchy, two issues with special relevance to the situation today can be tracked through the history of Perak's royal line: royal succession, and the ruler's relationships with non-royal officials, elected representatives and the public.

Brings together the work of a group of leading Thai intellectuals to equip readers to anticipate and understand the developments that lie ahead for Thailand. Contributors offer findings and perspectives both on the disorienting period following the Thai coup of May 2014 and on fundamental challenges to the country and its institutions.

Focuses on older members of the Minangkabau ethnic group, one of Indonesia's many local cultures. The Minangkabau have an ancient matrilineal social structure that is embodied in their local law and customs (adat) and that, in the view of many Minangkabau, is under increasing pressure in the modern context.

“In this most significant contemporary study of Indonesian trade unions and the broader working class, Max Lane provides a concise and informed examination of the practical and ideological challenges of incipient labour organizations engaged in political and popular struggles in an underdeveloped nation. This detailed and highly informative book evokes similar historical and comparative struggles of exploited workers worldwide and is indispensable for students of labour movements in the Global South.” —Immanuel Ness, Professor of Political Science, City University of New York, author of Southern Insurgency: The Coming of the Global Working Class

China's rise exerts a powerful pull on ASEAN economies and constitutes an impetus for a resinicization of Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. With increasing trade and investment between China and ASEAN countries, the ethnic Chinese economic elites have managed to serve as ""connectors and bridges"" between the two sides, and benefited in the process from joint ventures and business investments.

Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) was officially launched on 14 January 2017. Upon establishment, the party immediately announced that they are aiming to win the southern state of Johor in the next general election. PPBM has moved quickly to establish themselves in all parliamentary and state constituencies in Johor, and has been successful in attracting support from those under 35.

Increasing tensions in the South China Sea have propelled the dispute to the top of the Asia-Pacific's security agenda. Featuring some of the world's leading experts on Asian security, this volume explores the central drivers of the dispute and examines the positions and policies of the main actors including China, Taiwan, the Southeast Asian claimants, America and Japan.

As US-China competition escalates, Southeast Asia will become an epicentre of this competition. Southeast Asian states and societies may not realize the significance of the escalating US-China competition for them, as most countries are internally preoccupied and buy into ASEAN's rhetoric of inclusive engagement of external powers.

In Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi is often not called by her name. Instead, she is just "The Lady". This book presents some of Myanmar's other ladies: women from across the social spectrum who are changing their country, and its perceptions of gender, from the ground up.

Explores key issues around globalisation, nationalism and sovereignty in Indonesia. Topics include the history of Indonesia's engagement with the world, Indonesia's stance on the South China Sea and the re-emergence of nationalism. The book also examines the impact of globalisation on poverty and inequality.

Batam's economic transformation has been accompanied by a marked degradation of its natural environment. Enforcement to protect the environment has often been inadequate on many fronts, exacerbated by population increases. Economic and environmental imperatives can be reconciled if more emphasis and resources are put into enforcing regulations and protecting the environment.

Both Indonesia and Malaysia seek to enhance the competitiveness of their micro, small and medium enterprises by including internationalization goals in their respective national development plans for these enterprises. Findings from fourteen case studies in the two countries indicate that exporting may be a serendipitous discovery, as few of these cases were born global in intent.

Provides complete, yet non-technical, analyses of production fragmentation effects and thus targets a wide range of readers -- including academics, researchers, policy makers, students, entrepreneurs, and anyone who is interested in this subject. It investigates the economic impacts of production fragmentation in Southeast Asia with a focus on Thailand's experience as an emerging global hub.

Provides an analysis of the transformations of Vietnam's foreign policy over the past thirty years. The book covers Vietnam's foreign policymaking and the historical evolution of Vietnam's diplomacy under Doi Moi; examines Vietnam's bilateral relationships with its major partners; and looks into the management of the South China Sea disputes and the international economic integration process.

Gathers essays from admirers and friends who add their own contributions on legal pluralism, transnationalism and culture in Asia. The book opens with an account of M.B. Hooker's colourful and prolific career. The authors then approach legal pluralism through legal theory, legal anthropology, comparative law, law and religion, constitutional law, and Islamic art.

Focuses on a number of issues and challenges confronting the education sector in Southeast Asia, including the contrasting language in education policy in Singapore and Malaysia; the introduction of an English-medium private education sector in Malaysia; the internationalization of Thai higher education; and access and quality issues in the massification of Malaysian higher education.

This volume seeks to foreground a "borderless" history and geography of South, Southeast, and East Asian littoral zones that would be maritime-focused, and thereby explore the ancient connections and dynamics of interaction that favoured the encounters among the cultures found throughout the region stretching from the Indian Ocean littorals to the Western Pacific, from the early historical period to the present. Transcending the artificial boundaries of macro-regions and nation-states, and trying to bridge the arbitrary divide between (inherently cosmopolitan) "high" cultures (e.g. Sanskritic, Sinitic, or Islamicate) and "local" or "indigenous" cultures, this multidisciplinary volume explores the metaphor of Monsoon Asia as a vast geo-environmental area inhabited by speakers of numerous language phyla, which for millennia has formed an integrated system of littorals where crops, goods, ideas, cosmologies, and ritual practices circulated on the sea-routes governed by the seasonal monsoon winds. The collective body of work presented in the volume describes Monsoon Asia as an ideal theatre for circulatory dynamics of cultural transfer, interaction, acceptance, selection, and avoidance, and argues that, despite the rich ethnic, linguistic and sociocultural diversity, a shared pattern of values, norms, and cultural models is discernible throughout the region.

In tracing the social, political, and spatial dynamics of Bangkok's ethnic pluralism through the two-and-a-half centuries of the city's history, this book calls attention to a long-neglected mainspring of Thai urban development. This account extends backward and forward to reveal the continuing impact of Bangkok's ethnic minorities on Thai culture, within the broader context of Thai development studies.

Offers a comprehensive annual review devoted to the international relations, politics, and economies of the region and its nation-states. The collected volumes of Southeast Asian Affairs have become a compendium documenting the dynamic evolution of regional and national developments in Southeast Asia from the end of the "second" Vietnam War to today.

Based on observation of the 2016 Sarawak state elections at a time of political turmoil for the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, Electoral Dynamics in Sarawak offers four ethnographic accounts of grassroots electoral politics in diverse constituencies of Sarawak. This volume analyses the wider lessons to be learned from the 2016 Sarawak state elections.

Leon Ma. Guerrero (1915-82), a writer and diplomat, served six Philippine presidents, from President Manuel L. Quezon to President Ferdinand E. Marcos. In this first full-length biography, Guerrero's career as writer and diplomat is highlighted from an amateur student editor and associate editor of a prestigious magazine to ambassador to different countries.

"This is an important book by Carl Vadivella Belle which argues that Hinduism and its manifestations in the diaspora has important significance in binding not only the Hindus but also encourages 'others' to revisit Hinduism, especially in a multicultural society like Malaysia which is dominated by communally infused discourses structured upon race and religion."-Ajaya K. Sahoo, Editor, Journal of South Asian Diaspora"Dr Belle weaves his magical journey over nearly half a century, offering poignant and potent insights into the socio economic and spiritual realities of Hindus in Malaysia. Numerous books maybe available on Tamil Traditions and Hinduism in Malaysia, but none seem to have succinctly and encapsulated the very essence and heart of these veritable subjects. I would unreservedly recommend this book, to all those interested in matters pertaining to Indians and Hinduism in Malaysia."-Professor Bala Shanmugam, Academic Director, Federation University, Malaysia"This is a work of immense inspiration. Combining personal pilgrimage with ethnographic perseverance, it is at once a document of ritual power and cultural change and a biography of religious encounter. By becoming the religious Other, Carl Belle creates a new dimension in the understanding of Thaipusam as both ethnic and individual experience. Dauntlessly frank and insightful, it is without doubt a rare achievement."-Raymond Lee, Universiti Malaya (retired)

Assesses multidimensional aspects of energy security in the electricity sector. There is little academic literature that assess regulation and governance, availability, technology development and efficiency, environmental sustainability, and affordability dimension comprehensively. This book demonstrates how these dimensions are interconnected.

Asia has witnessed a proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs) since the turn of the millennium. Each of them aims to achieve greater trade and investment liberalization and facilitation and more harmonized trade and investment rules. This book examines these regional agreements, their economic and strategic rationales and challenges during negotiations and afterwards.

This is the unfinished autobiography of Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, the medical doctor who held key government positions in the first two decades of Malaysian nation building, and who was an important early player within UMNO, the country's dominant political party.

Examines the energy resource relations between China and ASEAN countries. It explores whether geopolitical tensions over energy resources will spark conflicts in the region, especially in the South China Sea; and asks ifChina's quest for energy resource cooperation should be viewed as a threat or opportunity by its neighbouring countries.

With the rise of China and massive new migrations, China has adjusted its policy towards the Chinese overseas in Southeast Asia and beyond. This book deals with Beijing's policy which has been a response to the external events involving the Chinese overseas as well as the internal needs of China.

The level of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) flows from ASEAN countries has increased rapidly in the past two decades. This book examines OFDI trends and patterns in the ASEAN region including the impact of the ASEAN Economic Community. It also provides analyses of country policies affecting OFDI and the drivers of OFDI in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam.

The global centre of gravity continues to shift to the Asia-Pacific, the most dynamic region in the world. Twenty-seven leading international authorities in the field, drawn from nine countries, provide a comprehensive examination of the causes, consequences and challenges of globalization to the region, in a volume that celebrates the distinguished career of Professor Prema-Chandra Athukorala.

Indonesia was founded on the ideal of the "Sovereignty of the People", which suggests the pre-eminence of people's rights to access, use and control land to support their livelihoods. Yet, many questions remain unresolved. The contributors to this volume presents case studies from across the archipelago.