Book Title: 『フィリピンの小さな産院から』(From a Small Maternity Clinic in the Philippines)Author: 冨田江里子 (TOMITA, Eriko)Publisher: Tokyo: Seifusha (2012) “If no medical care exists, can there be births?” This is the main question that Eriko Tomita raises in […]
Brunei Darussalam: Royal Absolutism and the Modern State. Brunei Darussalam (Abode of Peace) is a small, independent state with the only ruling monarchy in Southeast Asia. Since achieving independence from Britain in 1984, the Brunei monarchy […]
Masa depan kerajaan Malaysia: Perjuangan untuk legitimasi
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia. Issue 13 (March 2013). Monarchies in Southeast Asia […]
Nicholas Grossman and Dominic Faulder (eds.). 2011.King Bhumibol Adulyadej, A Life’s Work: Thailand’s Monarchy in Perspective.Singapore: Editions Didier Millet. 383 pages. In 2008, when it had become impossible for any credible journalist to ignore the entanglement […]
Alcazaren, Paulo, Luis Ferrer, and Benvenuto Icamina. 2011.Lungsod iskwater: The Evolution of Informality as a Dominant Pattern in Philippine Cities.Pasig City: Anvil. Lungsod iskwater (Squatter City) is a book that seems to be full of […]
The Future of Monarchy in Cambodia Traditional Southeast Asian monarchies, whether deriving from Hindu-Buddhist or Islamic traditions, have been either eliminated or maintained by major colonial powers. The most powerful ones like the Burmese were […]
The Future of the Monarchy in Thailand The future of any monarchy is at least partially determined by the strengths and weaknesses of its current reign and the path of succession to the next. This […]
The Monarchy in Malaysia: Struggling for Legitimacy Lately, there has been a resurgence of scholarly interest in the political role of the monarchy in Malaysia, as manifested by the publications of recent studies by Kobkua […]
Monarchies in Southeast Asia Professor Michael Leifer, the late much respected scholar of Southeast Asian studies, wrote a preface for the critically acclaimed book by Roger Kershaw titled, Monarchy in Southeast Asia. Leifer said, “It is […]
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