Contributing to the growing discourse on political parties in Asia, this book looks at parties in Southeast Asia s most competitive electoral democracies of Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. It highlights the diverse dynamics of party politics in the region and provides new insights into organizational structures, mobilizational strategies and the multiple dimensions of linkages between political parties and their voters.
The book focuses on the prominence of clientelistic practices and strategies, both within parties as well as between parties and their voters. It demonstrates...
Contributing to the growing discourse on political parties in Asia, this book looks at parties in Southeast Asia s most competitive electoral democ...
Since the signing of the UN Trafficking Protocol, anti-trafficking laws, policies and other initiatives have been implemented at the local, national and regional levels. These activities have received little scholarly attention. This volume aims to begin to fill this gap by documenting the micro-processes through which an anti-trafficking framework has been translated, implemented and resisted in mainland and island Southeast Asia. The detailed ethnographic accounts in this collection examine the everyday practices of the diverse range of actors involved in trafficking-like practices and in...
Since the signing of the UN Trafficking Protocol, anti-trafficking laws, policies and other initiatives have been implemented at the local, national a...
Understanding and managing inter-religious relations, particularly between Muslims and Christians, presents a challenge for states around the world. This book investigates legal disputes between religious communities in the world's largest majority-Muslim, democratic country, Indonesia. It considers how the interaction between state and religion has influenced relations between religious communities in the transition to democracy. The book presents original case studies based on empirical field research of court disputes in West Java, a majority-Muslim province with a history of radical...
Understanding and managing inter-religious relations, particularly between Muslims and Christians, presents a challenge for states around the world. T...
Over the past decade, Laos' exposure to global capitalism has resulted in extensive economic and social transformations. Precapitalist social structures both persist and are transformed into a particular configuration of classes. This entails increasing social inequality, a widening range of habitus and new forms of ethos.
This book pursues the theoretical aim of shedding light on the old question raised by Max Weber about the relation between capitalism, ethos and society. The empirical study consists of a description of the social structures, their embodiment in the habitus and...
Over the past decade, Laos' exposure to global capitalism has resulted in extensive economic and social transformations. Precapitalist social struc...
Within a few years the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia implemented designs for parliamentary representation that proscribed the established political parties from a parliamentary chamber. Using these countries as case studies, this book traces the historical context for institutional designs.
Within a few years the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia implemented designs for parliamentary representation that proscribed the established politi...
This text examines the ways in which social movements operate in a region characterized by a history of authoritarian regimes and relatively weak civil society.
This text examines the ways in which social movements operate in a region characterized by a history of authoritarian regimes and relatively weak civi...
This book examines, through the case study of Indonesia over recent decades, how the reporting of violence can drive the escalation of violence, and how journalists can alter their reporting practices in order to have the opposite effect and promote peace. It discusses the nature of press freedom in Indonesia from 1966 onwards, considers the relationship between the press and politicians, and explores journalists' working methods. It goes on to outline in detail the communal wars in eastern Indonesia in the period 1999-2000, arguing that communication as much as physical preparations for...
This book examines, through the case study of Indonesia over recent decades, how the reporting of violence can drive the escalation of violence, and h...
Reporting the findings of a comprehensive study of human trafficking in Cambodia, this book focuses on the characteristics and operations of the traffickers. It provides a theoretical framework that explains the emergence of the phenomenon, and the role of moral panic and western hegemony in the war on human trafficking.
Using a multi-method and multi-source research design, which includes an examination of police and prison records as well as interviews with 91 incarcerated human traffickers, police and prison officers, court officials, and members of NGOs, this book investigates five...
Reporting the findings of a comprehensive study of human trafficking in Cambodia, this book focuses on the characteristics and operations of the tr...
Peter Eaton examines the relationship between land tenure, conservation & rural development in Southeast Asia. In particular he looks at communities in or on the edge of national parks & other protected areas.
Peter Eaton examines the relationship between land tenure, conservation & rural development in Southeast Asia. In particular he looks at communities i...
The youth demographic is a large and growing cohort in Indonesia, and adolescents embody the currents of social change. Throughout the twentieth century they were significant agents of social protest leading to social and political transformation. This book looks at the importance of adolescents in contemporary Indonesia, and how they are spearheading not just globalisation and a growing consumer youth culture, but also the Islamisation movement.
The book explores both the inner worlds and social selves of Indonesian adolescents. It presents an in-depth knowledge of Indonesian...
The youth demographic is a large and growing cohort in Indonesia, and adolescents embody the currents of social change. Throughout the twentieth ce...
