Government And Politics of Southeast Asia

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1. Colonial Transformations And Resistance

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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.

Colonial Transformations And Resistance powerpoint

Colonial Transformations And Resistance draft lecture text

Asia Times, "Prayut survives but the end of a Thai era is near"

East Asia Forum, "Myanmar’s civil war meanders onward"

Reuters (via the Economic Times) "Vietnam restricts news posting on social media"

2. Reconsidering Mainland Nationalisms

Reconsidering Mainland Nationalisms reading guidance

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. 23-37.

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

Reconsidering Mainland Nationalisms draft text

Reconsidering Mainland Nationalisms timelines powerpoint

Army chief vows no post-poll coup, Bangkok Post

Cambodia ‘likely’ to reaffirm stance against Russia at UN, Khmer Times

Never let history of Khmer Rouge genocide fade away: Yomiuri Shimbun, Asia News Network via Straits Times

3. Vietnam: Revolution And State Making

Revolution and State Making reading guidance

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.41-51.

Vietnam: Revolution And State Making draft text

3. Vietnam: Revolution And State Making powerpoint

4. Cambodia: The Khmer Rouge And Genocide

Cambodia: The Khmer Rouge And Genocide reading guidance

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

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

Cambodia: The Khmer Rouge And Genocide draft lecture text

Sophal Ear TED Talk: Escaping the Khmer Rouge

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.5-8, 24-49.

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.

Burma: The Rise And Fall Of Barracks Socialism draft lecture text

Burma: The Rise And Fall Of Barracks Socialism powerpoint

Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Myanmar

6. Thailand: Bureaucratic Polity And Development

6. Thailand: Bureaucratic Polity And Development reading guidance

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

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.

6. Thailand: Bureaucratic Polity And Development powerpoint

6. Thailand: Bureaucratic Polity And Development draft lecture text

Routledge handbook of contemporary Thailand

Prayut brings Apec summit to a close, Bangkok Post

Vietnam nears US$11b deal to shift economy from coal, Business Times

Junta Watch: Regime’s Ties With India, Russia and Some Christian Leaders Flourish, The Irrawaddy

Special theme readings: Social Media and Politics

Greitens, Sheena Chestnut. "Authoritarianism Online: What can we learn from internet data in nondemocracies?." PS: Political Science &amp; Politics 46.2 (2013): 262-270.

Barendregt, Bart, and Florian Schneider. "Digital activism in Asia: Good, bad, and banal politics online." Asiascape: Digital Asia 7.1-2 (2020): 5-19.

Lim, Merlyna. "Disciplining dissent: Freedom, control, and digital activism in Southeast Asia." Routledge handbook of urbanization in Southeast Asia. Routledge, 2018. 478-494.

7. Vietnam: The Durability Of Communist Party Rule

7. Vietnam: The Durability Of Communist Party Rule reading guidance

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

Bui Thiem Hai. "The influence of social media in Vietnam's elite politics." Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 35.2 (2016): 89-111.

7. Vietnam: The Durability Of Communist Party Rule draft lecture text

7. Vietnam: The Durability Of Communist Party Rule powerpoints

8. Cambodia: Understanding Growing Autocracy

8. Cambodia: Understanding Growing Autocracy reading guidance

Kimly Ngoun, "Adaptive Authoritarian Resilience: Cambodian Strongman’s Quest for Legitimacy," Journal of Contemporary Asia (Vol. 52, No. 1: 2020), pp. 1-22.

Sereyvicheth Chunly, "Facebook and political participation in Cambodia: determinants and impact of online political behaviours in an authoritarian state," South East Asia Research (Vol. 27, No. 4: 2019), pp. 378-397.

8. Cambodia: Understanding Growing Autocracy draft lecture text

8. Cambodia: Understanding Growing Autocracy powerpoint

AS1 - Government & Politics of Southeast Asia 153400170 - 22/23

AS2 - Government & Politics of Southeast Asia 153400170 - 22/23

AS3 - Government & Politics of Southeast Asia 153400170 - 22/23

AS4 - Government & Politics of Southeast Asia 153400170 - 22/23

Study Abroad students - AS1 - Government & Politics of Southeast Asia - 153400170 - 22/23

Greitens, Sheena Chestnut. "Authoritarianism Online: What can we learn from internet data in nondemocracies?." PS: Political Science & Politics 46.2 (2013): 262-270.

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