Editor- Mark Beeson
Contemporary Southeast Asia brings together specially commissioned chapter by leading area specialists. Rigorously edited to ensure systematic coverage, it provides and accessible and up-to-date thematically structures comparative introduction to Southeast Asia. |
Southeast
Asia is one of the world’s most diverse and complex regions
and for decades inspired hope about the possibility of successful
economic growth and political reform in the developing world. Yet
the economic crisis of the late 1990s, coupled with its position
on the frontline of the ‘war on terror’, forced a major
rethink about its future. This major new text examines the contemporary
forces and dynamics that are shaping the region at both national
and international levels.| |