PLEASE NOTE this is a 2013 reading list—the precise content may change in future years.
Topic: Introduction: Understanding development in Southeast Asia
Today's lecture will provide a general introduction to the module and the theme of 'the politics of development'. We will discuss whether SE Asia can be understood as a 'region', the developmental experience of the region (including the 1997 financial crisis) and will look at the four case study countries that are the focus of this module (Indonesia, Cambodia, Philippines, Malaysia)
Core Reading
Mark Beeson (2008) 'Introduction: Making Sense of Southeast Asia' in M. Beeson ed. Contemporary
Southeast Asia 2nd Edition
Greg Felker (2008) 'The Political Economy of Southeast Asia' in M. Beeson ed. Contemporary
Southeast Asia 2nd Edition
Readings associated with the lecture for today's class
Archarya, A (2001) Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia: ASEAN and the problem of regional order (Routledge)
Walden Bello with Herbert Docena, Marissa de Guzman and Mary Lou Malig (2005) The Anti-
Development State
The Political Economy of Permanent Crisis in the Philippines (Zed Books)
Donald K. Emerson (1984) '"Southeast Asia": What's in a name?' Journal of Southeast Asian
Studies 15(1): 1-21
Donald K. Emmerson (1995) ' Region and recalcitrance: Rethinking democracy through Southeast
Asia' The Pacific Review 8(2)
Kelly Gerard (2013) 'From the ASEAN People's Assembly to the ASEAN Civil Society Conference: the boundaries of civil society advocacy' Contemporary Politics 19(4), pp. 411-426
Caroline Hughes (2012) 'The legacies of vilence and conflct: liberal institutions and contentious politics in Cambodia and East Timor' in R. Robison (ed) Routledge Handbook of Southeast asian
Politics (Routeldge), pp. 263-287.
Lee Jones (2012) ASEAN, Sovereignty and Intervention in Southeast Asia (Palgrave)