This book explains the exceptional nature of the East Timor intervention of 1999, and deals with the background to the trusteeship role of the UN in building the new polity.
This volume is a collection of papers written by nationals or former nationals of the respective country in ASEAN and Northeast Asia. It offers an ins..
The EU’s contemporary approach towards Asia emphasises the importance of open economies and common challenges of the 21st Century. So-called non-tradi..
Across many parts of the postcolonial world, it is everyday reality for people to cross regularly between state-based and customary governance, instit..
Philippine political history challenges the image of democratic evolution as serving the people, and does so in ways that reveal inadequately explored..
Since 1974, when the current wave of democratisation began, the movement towards democracy in Asia has remained limited. Many countries in Asia, in fa..
In recent years the constitutional landscape of Southeast Asia has changed tremendously. Against a worldwide background of liberalization, globalizati..
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By examining the construction of political institutions in East Timor, this book highlights the relationship between the social an..
Focusing on the ASEAN plus three configuration of East Asian nations, this book considers the similar and different ways that East Asian states are in..
This book analyses a globalized Malaysia that spans beyond its multicultural population often formulated as Malays, Chinese, Indians and Others. Focus..
Nationalism in Southeast Asia seeks a definition of nationalism through examining its role in the history of Southeast Asia, a region rarely included ..
This book examines issues connected with decentralization and regional autonomy in Indonesia, including particular autonomy movements, the attempts by..
This book, by focusing on education, health and environment, and the institutions which formulate and deliver policy, shows how the international comm..