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Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia. Issue 6 (March 2005). Elections and Statesmen

IN THIS ISSUE – More Full Translations

The big news is that we are bringing you more full translations – in this issue, look for them in Review Essays, which opens with a stimulating reassessment by Nidhi Aeusrivongse of the situation in southern Thailand. Two encounters with Indonesia – at once personal, professional, and political – follow, along with examinations of the electoral exercise in Malaysia and the Philippines. Features includes transcripts from a lively Bangkok forum on leadership and analyses of Indonesia’s legislative and presidential elections.

ISSUE 6— ARTICLES

   
Yala_headerUnderstanding the Situation in the South as a “Millenarian Revolt”
By Abdur Rozaki         
Indonesia_bannerWalking on Yogya
By Deborah Homsher         
Indonesian_villageA Friendship, Some Mediated Imaginations, and Religiosity in Java/Elsewhere
By Steve Ferzacca         
election_debate_bannerRe-Opening the Debate on Malaysian Elections

By Sharaad Kuttan, Norani Othman, 
Mavis C. Puthucheary, and Ibrahim Suffian

  
philippines-on-blackboardElections Are Like Water
 By Loh Kah Seng         

 

ISSUE 6— REPRINT

   
middle-classes-AsiaMiddle Classes Prompting Change in the Political Landscape of East Asia
By Takashi Shiraishi  

 

ISSUE 6— FORUM

   
leadership_southeast_asiaStatesmen or Manager? The Image and Reality of Leadership in Southeast Asia

 

 

Transcript of a Forum jointly sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies’ Bangkok Liaison Office, and Chulalongkorn University’s Political Economy Centre of the Department of Economics and the Faculty of Political Science, April 2, 2004 […]

Panelists
Benedict Anderson, Cornell University
Vedi Hadiz, National University of Singapore
Paul Hutchcroft, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Francis Loh Kok Wah, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Pasuk Pongphaichit, Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University
Giles Ji Ungpakorn, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, chair

Thailand_southeast_asiaPasuk Pongphaichit on Thailand

 

Malaysia_southeast_asiaFrancis Loh Kok Wah on Malaysia

 

Philippines_southeast_asiaPaul Hutchcroft on The Philippines

 

Indonesia_southeast_asiaVedi Hadiz on Indonesia

 

Anderson_southeast_asiaBenedict Anderson on Southeast Asia 

 

forum_southeast_asiaOpen Forum 

 

ISSUE 6— COMMENTARY

   
 Indonesia_2004_electionsWahyu Prasetyawan on Indonesia’s Presidential Election
By Wahyu Prasetyawan  
 Indonesia_new_means_same_endsThe 2004 Indonesian Legislative Election: New Means to the Same Ends?
 By Sri Nuryanti     

 

ISSUE 6— BOOK REVIEWS

   
coverMaking Enemies: War and State Building in Burma
Mary P. Callahan 
Ithaca, NY / Cornell University Press / 2004 
Singapore / Singapore University Press / 2004
By Glenda Gloria    

coverChallenging Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia: Comparing Indonesia and Malaysia
Ariel Heryanto and Sumit K. Mandal, editors
London and New York / RoutledgeCurzon / 2003

By Khoo Boo Teik

Indo_beyondIndonesia: The 2004 Elections and Beyond
Adam Schwarz
Singapore / Institute of Southeast Asian Studies / 2004

By Patricio N. Abinales

grappling_realities_thailand2Democratization in Thailand: Grappling with Realities
『民主化の虚像と実像-タイ現代政治変動のメカニズム』
Tamada Yoshifumi
玉田芳文
Kyoto / Kyoto University Press / 2003

By Okamoto Masaaki

pook_Panininindigan_coverPook at Paninindigan: Mga Ugat ng Talastasang Sosyalista sa Rebolusyong Pilipino
Ramon Guillermo Quezon City
Limbag Potopot and Amado V. Hernandez Resource Center (AVHRC) / 2000

By Atoy Navarro

 

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