New Books in Southeast Asian Studies

How were the Vietnamese communists able to achieve their remarkable victory over powerful French colonial forces?

Professor He draws on a range of case studies in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, and reflects on the wider trend of deliberative democratization in Asia and beyond.

This new edition contains a new chapter on Thailand's turbulent politics since 2006 and incorporates new sources and research throughout.

...how far can earlier interpretations of Thai politics be adapted to explain the growing influence of the monarchy...

The Candidate's Dilemma delves into the lived experiences of candidates negotiating corruption.

Saha brings together the emerging field of animal studies with the more established field of postcolonial studies.

The RVN was heir to a revolutionary tradition that developed out of the anti-French resistance, that was quite distinct from the communist one to the north.

Meet a legendary policeman who trained in martial arts and the occult...

Adele Webb offers a spirited defence of what she calls 'democratic ambivalence': the mixed feelings many Filipinos harbour about their own hybrid political system.

The book begins with a provocative question: why did the communist-led resistance against French colonial rule in Vietnam fail in the south?

In this episode of the Nordic Asia Podcast Kenneth Bo Nielsen is joined by Olle Törnquist to discuss the main results and arguments in what he calls his endbook.

An interview about a remarkable new book, by one who has thought and felt about the October 6 massacres as both an historian and a survivor.

Highlighting the hidden social dynamics and everyday practices of political violence, ethnic conflict, rebel governance and borderland politics.

Streicher spent time researching this troubled region talking to local civilians, activists, journalists, academics, as well as military conscripts and senior officers.

Duncan McCargo and Anyarat Chattharakul have analysed the stunning rise and fall of this party in their co-authored book.

A new book looks at the significance of U Dhammaloka, an Irishman who “went native” and became a Buddhist monk in British Burma

Nick Cheesman talks to Duncan McCargo about his new book on the "hyperlegalism" recently on display in Thailand's courts.

Michael D. Barr critiques the foundational timeline of the state-sponsored history known as the ‘Singapore Story.’

On the unusual context for the drafting of the Constitution of Myanmar, and its impact on present-day politics.

Nick Cheesman talks to the authors of a new book on the "limited liberalism" that allows the tolerance of some minorities in Myanmar, and the exclusion of others.

Sara Davies joins us for a coronavirus pandemic special on New Books in Southeast Asian Studies to talk about health security and political sovereignty in Southeast Asia and beyond.

A discussion on the power and limits of colonial racial categories; Hadramis, Sayyids and Sharifas in maritime Southeast Asia; modernity and cultural hybridity; the descendants of Arabs in the Malay world today;

New Books in Southeast Asian Studies talks to Peter Zinoman.