Southeast Asia in Political Science: Theory, Region, and Qualitative Analysis by

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This book provides a state-of-the-art review of Southeast Asian political studies through a dialogue involving theoretical analysis, area studies, and qualitative methodology.

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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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments000 Contributors000 1. Introduction: The Contributions of Southeast Asian Political Studies000 Erik Martinez Kuhonta, Dan Slater, and Tuong Vu 2. Studying States in Southeast Asia000 Erik Martinez Kuhonta 3. Democracy and Dictatorship Do Not Float Freely: Structural Sources of Political Regimes in Southeast Asia000 Dan Slater 4.Developing Democracies in Southeast Asia: Theorizing the Role of Parties and Elections000 Allen Hicken 5. Contentious Mass Politics in Southeast Asia: Knowledge Accumulation and Cycles of Growth and Exhaustion000 Tuong Vu 6. In-depth Research and Knowledge Accumulation about Agrarian Politics in Southeast Asia000 Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet 7. Civil Society and Close Approximations Thereof000 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 Asia000 Jamie S. Davidson 10. Southeast Asia and the Political Economy of Development000 Regina Abrami and Richard F. Doner 11. The Missing Countryside: The Price of Ignoring Rural Political Economy in Southeast Asia000 Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung 12. Southeast Asia and Globalization: The Political Economy of Illiberal Adaptation000 Greg Felker 13. Southeast Asia in Political Science: Terms of Enlistment000 Donald K. Emmerson 14. Concluding Remarks000 Erik Martinez Kuhonta, Dan Slater, and Tuong Vu Notes000 Bibliography000 Index000

Review

"[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 Economics

Long 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.

Review Quote

"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."

Details ISBN0804758107 Short Title SOUTHEAST ASIA IN POLITICAL SC Publisher Stanford University Press Language English ISBN-10 0804758107 ISBN-13 9780804758109 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2008 Imprint Stanford University Press Subtitle Theory, Region, and Qualitative Analysis Place of Publication Palo Alto Country of Publication United States Edited by Dan Slater Illustrations 2 tables Birth 1973 Author Tuong Vu DOI 10.1604/9780804758109 UK Release Date 2008-07-25 AU Release Date 2008-07-25 NZ Release Date 2008-07-25 US Release Date 2008-07-25 Pages 480 Series Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific Publication Date 2008-07-25 Alternative 9780804761529 DEWEY 320.0959 Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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