Politics, social theory, history of ideas

Under the Gun Political Parties and Violence in Pakistan

Niloufer A. Siddiqui | University at Albany, State University of New York

Political parties are integral to democracies. Yet, they frequently engage in violent behavior and form electoral alliances with non-state armed actors. When do parties engage in, or facilitate, violence and what determines the strategy of violence that they employ? Under the Gun explores these questions in the context of Pakistan.

300pp

Nov. 2022 9781009242523 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009242530

Vernacular Rights Cultures

Sumi Madhok | London School of Economics and Political Science

The book proposes that decolonising human rights requires historically and politically specific conceptual, empirical and theoretical investigations of rights politics. It tracks contemporary subaltern movements across India and Pakistan to show how and why marginalised groups deploy the language of rights to demand justice.

224pp

Feb. 2022 9781108832625 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108961844

What Went Right

Sustainability Versus Dependence in Nepal’s Hydropower Development

Mark Liechty | University of Illinois, Chicago

What Went Right describes how Nepal managed to build up an indigenous hydropower development sector thereby largely (though not entirely) escaping the common relations of debt, dependency, and exploitation that most poor developing countries are forced to accept as the price for developing national energy infrastructure.

332pp

Aug. 2022 9781316514900 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781009091299

Women, Gender and Religious Nationalism

Amrita Basu | Amherst College, Massachusetts

Reflects on the changing modalities of Hindu nationalist organizing among women and youth. It provides unique insights into how this immensely powerful political formation has been able to preside over a massive network of grassroots organisations, among most segments of Indian society, and capture national power.

Metamorphoses of the Political: Multidisciplinary Approaches

250pp

Oct. 2022 9781009123143 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781009128254

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Women, Power, and Property

The Paradox of Gender Equality Laws in India

Rachel E. Brulé | Boston University

Can political representation help women upend entrenched systems of power? Property and Power finds evidence that quotas improve women’s ability to claim fundamental economic rights. Yet greater voice is costly. Whether women experience benefits or backlash depends on individual bargaining power at the time a woman is elected.

Cambridge Studies in Gender and Politics

394pp 47 b/w illus.

Apr. 2022 9781108798846 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99

Oct. 2020 9781108835824 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781108869287

South-East Asian government, politics, policy

A History of Thailand

Fourth edition

Chris Baker

This book has been hailed as an authoritative and lively account of Thailand’s political, economic, social and cultural history. This edition includes new sources and research throughout. Written in an accessible style and drawing on a range of Thai and western sources, it is an essential resource for history students and enthusiasts alike.

356pp

Aug. 2022 9781009014830 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 eISBN 9781009029797

Civil Society in Southeast Asia

Power Struggles and Political Regimes

Garry Rodan | Murdoch University, Western Australia

Explaining the power struggles over relationships between civil society and the state, the approach in this Element emphasises the historical and political economy foundations shaping conflicts, interests and coalitions that mobilise through civil society.

Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia

75pp

Oct. 2022 9781108707428 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD

20.00 eISBN 9781108757423

Ethnicity and Politics in Southeast Asia

Amy H. Liu | University of Texas, Austin

This Element conceptually disaggregates ethnicity into multiple constituent markers: language, religion, and phenotype. It focuses on the interaction between these markers, and how they affect if a minority integrates within a broader ethnic identity; successfully extracts accommodation; or engages in a contentious relationship with the hegemon.

Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia

75pp

May. 2022 9781108927796 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108933179

Gender in Southeast Asia

Mina Roces | University of New South Wales, Sydney

This Element examines gender in Southeast Asia by focusing on two main themes: hegemonic cultural constructions of gender and the way hegemonic ideals influence the gendering of power and politics.

Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia

75pp

Apr. 2022 9781108741637 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108680493

Islam and Political Power in Indonesia and Malaysia

The Role of Tarbiyah and Dakwah in the Evolution of Islamism

Joseph Chinyong Liow | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

This Element draws together two bodies of work: Islamic social movements and political Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia and explains the transformation in these two countries by focusing on key Islamic social movements.

Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia

75pp

Aug. 2022 9781108705585 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108669047

Mobilizing for Elections

Patronage and Political Machines in Southeast Asia

Edward Aspinall | Australian National University, Canberra

This book compares patronage politics in Southeast Asia, examining the sources and implications of cross-national and sub-national differences. It will be useful for scholars and students interested in comparative and Southeast Asian politics, electoral politics, clientelism and patronage, and the historical development of political institutions.

380pp

Aug. 2022 9781316513804 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009075015

Sexuality and Gender Diversity Rights in Southeast Asia

Anthony

J Langlois

This Element explains that the articulation of political struggle through a shared set of rights claims, which in turn relates to shared experiences of violence and discrimination, and a visceral demand and hope for change, is a potent mechanism for political participation to pave way for sexuality and gender diversity rights in Southeast Asia.

Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia

75pp

Jun. 2022 9781108927819 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108933216

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Stateness and Democracy in East Asia

Aurel Croissant | Universität Heidelberg

Through theoretically-grounded case studies and comparative analysis of consolidating, low quality, and failed democracies in East Asia, this volume challenges the dominant ‘state first, democracy later’ argument in the existing political science literature. It will interest scholars and students of comparative democratization, state building, and East Asian politics.

291pp 13 b/w illus. 12 tables

Apr. 2022 9781108797382 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99

May. 2020 9781108495745 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108862783

The Politics of Rights and Southeast Asia

Lynette J. Chua | National University of Singapore

This Element is for practitioners, policy-makers and researchers interested in the rights-culturepolitics nexus in Southeast Asia. It investigates the contested nature of rights, and explores the debates over who are entitled to rights, what sorts of rights they should have, and even who get to decide on such issues.

Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia

75pp

Jul. 2022 9781108719353 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108750783

Unity through Division

Political Islam, Representation and Democracy in Indonesia

Diego Fossati | City University of Hong Kong

This book studies a puzzle observed in contemporary Indonesian politics: while the quality of democracy in Indonesia has deteriorated in recent years, public satisfaction with democracy has increased. To explain this development, the book studies ideological representation, an aspect of Indonesian democracy that is often overlooked.

250pp

Sep. 2022 9781009203036 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009203074

Urban Development in Southeast Asia

Rita Padawangi

This Element examines the political nature of urban development; scrutinizes the implications of power inequality in urban development discussions; and highlights topical and methodological contributions to urban studies from Southeast Asia.

Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia

75pp

Jul. 2022 9781108705608 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108669108