Southeast Asia in Political Science: Theory, Region, and Qualitative Analysis

This book argues that Southeast Asian political studies have made important contributions to theory building in comparative politics through a dialogue involving theory, area studies, and qualitative methodology. The book provides a state-of-the-art review of key topics in the field, including: state structures, political regimes, political parties, contentious politics, civil society, ethnicity, religion, rural development, …

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Tearing Apart the Land: Islam and Legitimacy in Southern Thailand

Since January 2004, a violent separatist insurgency has raged in southern Thailand, resulting in more than three thousand deaths. Though largely unnoticed outside Southeast Asia, the rebellion in Pattani and neighboring provinces and the Thai government’s harsh crackdown have resulted in a full-scale crisis. Tearing Apart the Land by Duncan McCargo, one of the world’s …

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Thai South and Malay North: Ethnic Interactions on a Plural Peninsula

Thai South and Malay North examines the history of ethnic, religious, social, economic, and political pluralism in the unique zone where Mainland and Maritime Southeast Asia meet. Sections focused on politics, religion, Chinese populations, and historiographic traditions provide background information and a range of perspectives on the longstanding conflicts afflicting southern Thailand. The book represents …

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The Chinese Diaspora in the Pacific/ The Pacific World: Lands, Peoples and History of the Pacific, 1500-1900; Vol. 16

The essays reprinted here trace the history of Chinese emigration into the Pacific region, first as individuals, traders or exiles, moving into the ‘Nanyang’ (Southeast Asia), then as a mass migration across the ocean after the mid-19th century. The papers include discussions of what it meant to be Chinese, the position of the migrants vis-à-vis …

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The Many Faces of Political Islam: Religion and Politics in the Muslim World

Analysis and pundits from across the American political spectrum describe Islamic fundamentalism as one of the greatest threats to modern, Western-style democracy. Yet very few non-Muslim would be able to venture an accurate definition of political Islam. Mohammed Ayoob’s The Many Faces of Political Islam thoroughly describes the myriad manifestations of this rising ideology and …

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The New Blackwell Companion to Social Theory

This New Companion brings together leading scholars to provide a comprehensive guide to the principal traditions of social theory – including classical sociology, the philosophy of the social sciences, functionalism, structuralism, ethnomethodology, rational choice theory, pragmatism and social interactionism, phenomenology, and conversation analysis. In addition it explores recent trends such as actor network theory, social …

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