Politics of Mainland Southeast Asia

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1. Colonial Transformations And Resistance

Su Lin Lewis, Cities in motion: Urban life and cosmopolitanism in Southeast Asia, 1920–1940 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016), pp. 95-137.

James C. Scott, The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1976), pp. 56-90,193-240.

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Asia Times: "Hun Sen drives last nail in coffin of Cambodian democracy"

East Asia Forum, "Myanmar’s military junta has long-term power plans"

CNBC, "Companies scramble to shift manufacturing out of Covid-crushed Vietnam in time for holidays"

2. Reconsidering Mainland Nationalisms

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Chie Ikeya, "The Life and Writings of a Patriotic Feminist: Independent Daw San of Burma," in Women in Southeast Asian Nationalist Movements (Singapore: National University of Singapore Press 2013), pp. 23-47.

Sidel, John T. “The fate of nationalism in the new states: Southeast Asia in comparative historical perspective.” Comparative Studies in Society and History, (Vol 54, No 1: 2012), pp.114-144.

Thongchai Winichakul, Siam Mapped: A History of the Geo-body of a Nation. (University of Hawaii Press, 1997), pp. 1-19.

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Regional Leaders Face Dual Task: Save ASEAN, Save Myanmar, The Irrawaddy

The death of SE Asia’s democracy icons, Asia Times

Central-local relations in Thailand since 2014, New Mandala

3. Vietnam: Revolution And State Making

Tuong Vu, "The Revolutionary Path to State Formation in Vietnam: Opportunities, Conundrums, and Legacies." Journal of Vietnamese Studies (Vol. 11, No. 3-4: 2016), pp. 267-297.

David W.P. Elliott, The Vietnamese War: Revolution and Social Change in the Mekong Delta (Armonk: ME Sharpe, 2002), pp.16-40.

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Myanmar Military Struggles to Adapt to New Kind of Conflict, The Irrawady

Tradition vs credibility: Inside the SE Asian meet that snubbed Myanmar, Bangkok Post

4. Cambodia: The Khmer Rouge And Genocide

Cambodia: The Khmer Rouge And Genocide reading guidance

Theara Thun and Duong Keo, "Ethnic Vietnamese and the Khmer Rouge: the genocide and race debate," Critical Asian Studies (2021): 1-17.

Virorth Doung and Sophal Ear, "Transitional justice dilemma: The case of Cambodia." Peace and Conflict Review (Vol 4, No 1: 2009): pp. 1-28.

Steve Heder, “Introduction,” in Cambodian Communism and the Vietnamese Model: Imitation and Independence, 1930-1975 (Bangkok: White Lotus, 2004), pp.1-9.

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5. Burma: The Rise And Fall Of Barracks Socialism

Burma: The Rise And Fall Of Barracks Socialism reading guidance

Kyaw Yin Hlaing, “Reconsidering the Failure of the Burma Socialist Programme Party Government to Eradicate Internal Economic Impediments,” South East Asia Research (Vol 11, No 1: March 2003), pp.5-68.

Mary P. Callahan, “When Soldiers Kill Civilians: Burma’s 1988 Crackdown in Comparative Perspective,” in Southeast Asia over Three Generations: Essays Presented to Benedict R. O’G. Anderson, pp.331-346.

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"COP26: World leaders promise to end deforestation by 2030, but most Southeast Asian countries yet to sign on," Channel News Asia

"Dispossession, deforestation and deceit in Myanmar," New Mandala

6. Thailand: Bureaucratic Polity And Development

Ruth McVey, "Of greed and violence, and other signs of progress," in Money and power in provincial Thailand (Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies 2000), pp. 1-29.

Thak Chaloemtiarana, "Reflections on the Sarit Regime and the Process of Political Change in Thailand," Japanese Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (Vol. 16, No. 3: 1978), pp. 400-410.

Ockey, James. "State, bureaucracy and polity in modern Thai politics." Journal of Contemporary Asia 34.2 (2004): 143-162. URL Edit title

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Supporters of dumped charter amendment bill vow to fight on, Bangkok Post

Myanmar Junta’s Election Commission Charges Suu Kyi and Win Myint With Fraud, The Irrawady

7. Vietnam: The Durability Of Communist Party Rule

Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet, "An approach for analysing state-society relations in Vietnam." Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia (Vol. 33, supplement: 2018), pp. S156-S198.

Hai Hong Nguyen, "The Persistence of a NonResponsive Political Regime in Vietnam." Asian Politics &amp; Policy (Vol. 11, No. 4: 2019), pp. 527-543.

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Myanmar junta firm applies to end Kirin brewery deal, Straits Times

Apple warns Thai activists 'state-sponsored attackers' may have targeted iPhones, Bangkok Post

Maintaining the legacy of human and civic rights: 30 years after the PPA, New Mandala (from October)

8. Cambodia: Understanding Growing Autocracy

Hai Hong Nguyen, "The Persistence of a NonResponsive Political Regime in Vietnam." Asian Politics & Policy (Vol. 11, No. 4: 2019), pp. 527-543.