Southeast Asian politics : issues of the past defining the challenges of the present / Noel M. Morada and Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem, editors

Includes bibliographical references

Foreword -- Introduction -- The Philippine Muslimsi-- Indianness in Malaysia -- What the twentieth century has meant to Southeast Asia -- Thinking and nurturing transnational activism -- The political economy of Hmaung-kho in socialist Myanmar -- Legal to illegal, Southeast Asia's illegal arms trade -- The 2004 general elections and the virtues of Indonesian presidentialism -- Malaysia's 2004 general elections -- The March 2004 general elections in Malaysia -- The 2005 general elections in Thailand -- Vietnamese women and leadership in the twentieth century -- Note on the contributors -- About the editors.

"The collection of essays in this volume provides a rather eclectic set of writings on Southeast Asian politics...The variety of topics covered in this collection should encourage students to have a deeper interest in and understanding of the political dynamics not just of the mainstream but also of the periphery, the informal, as well as the "illegal" or "criminal" aspects of state and society relations in Southeast Asia. The articles selected for this volume thus provide the underpinnings in understanding contemporary Southeast Asian politics. These issues are very much part of the foundations in which comparative studies in the region have been pursued in the past as well as in the present and will continue to surface in future researches in this area. This volume also offers a rich variety of theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches by which to examine and comprehend the various aspects of politics in Southeast Asia. More importantly, these also provide a critical perspective in the manner in which politics in the region could be better dissected to further pave the way for new, fresh, and cutting-edge analysis of the same as well as other pertinent aspects of political life."