Counter-forces: the politics of uneven power -- Authoritarian states in Southeast Asia in times of globalization: Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar -- From plural society to political pluralism in Malaysia -- Indonesia's role in the long-term prospects of ASEAN -- Civil society, accountability and governance in Thailand: a dim case of participatory democracy -- Globalization and the role of the state in the Asia-Pacific -- Economic nationalism and the limits of globalization -- Southeast Asian perspectives on the economic rise of China -- Maritime piracy and raiding in Southeast Asia: local and global perspectives -- Competing globalization: the case of European cooperation with Indonesia against international terrorism -- Radical Islam and political terrorism in Southeast Asia -- Reluctant tigers: economic growth, erratic democratization processes and continuing political gender inequality in Southeast Asia -- Women's emancipation in the Philippines: a legacy of western feminism? -- Moving story: transnational mobility and Chinese education in Malyasia -- Measuring cultural globalization in Southeast Asia -- The Singaporean creative suburb of Perth: rethinking cultural globalization -- Thai magical realism and globalization
Notes
"This book is the product of two different workshops on globalization in Southeast Asia held at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS). The first was jointly organized by ISEAS and the Swedish School of Advanced Asia-Pacific Studies (SSAAPS). Entitled 'Globalization and its Counter-forces' ... from 23-27 February 2004 ... The second workshop, entitled 'Cultural Globalization in Southeast Asia', an ISEAS initiative ... on 8 June 2005" -- p. [ix]
