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SOUTHEAST ASIA
An Insider View to Doing Business in Myanmar
by Philip Zerrillo & Adina Wong (Singapore Management University, Singapore)
Myanmar has often been referred to as the next great economic frontier. While the world has high hopes for this emerging economy, many hurdles lie ahead. Its laws, infrastructure, financial institutions, and rules of commerce continue to be a work in progress.
This book provides numerous examples of companies that have not only overcome various challenges, but also thrived in the rapidly evolving environment that is Myanmar today.
Readership: Entrepreneurs interested in Myanmar’s business environment, graduates and advanced undergraduates interested in business courses.
192pp 978-981-124-002-7 Oct 2021 US$48 £40
Shadows Across the Golden Land
Myanmar’s Opening, Foreign Influence and Investment
by Simon S C Tay (Singapore Institute of International Affairs, Singapore)
“… The author presents a view of Myanmar that offers a different insight, by seeking out and foregrounding internal views and perspectives. Tay raises important questions about what Myanmar aspires to be as it continues along the road to democracy and economic development. He tries to identify solutions beyond binary choices, within Myanmar’s geoeconomic context. Shadows is a timely and pertinent addition to the many field-guides for those interested to engage and interact with Myanmar.”
Moe Thuzar Fellow, Co-coordinator of Myanmar Studies Programme ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore
This book aims to provide readers with an assessment that integrates analysis with on-the-ground experience and insights, drawn from closely engaging with Myanmar since the country began to move towards democracy and open to the world.
Readership: Myanmar watchers and those with a casual interest in the region.
476pp 978-981-3273-54-2 Oct 2020 US$98 £85
Vietnam and the Global Economy - Vol 1
edited by Dong Phong Nguyen, Xuan Vinh Vo, Viet Tien Ho & Mai Dong Tran (University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH), Vietnam)
Recent Developments in Vietnamese Business and Finance, is the first volume in the series titled Vietnam and the Global Economy. This edited volume is a collection of papers focusing on recent issues in business and finance with Vietnam as the main focus of study. The book covers various issues from innovation to gender equality and the banking sector, with analyses on the policies and managerial implications.
Human Rights and ASEAN
Indonesian and International Perspectives
edited by Kevin YL Tan (S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore & National University of Singapore, Singapore), David Cohen (Stanford University, USA) & Aviva Nabahan (Human Rights Resource Centre, Indonesia)
Human Rights in ASEAN: Indonesian and International Perspectives is a collection of 13 essays that not only offers fresh new insights on the different facets of human rights and their protection in ASEAN, but also ‘insider’ accounts of the development of the ASEAN InterGovernmental Commission for Human Rights. These valuable perspectives have never been shared publicly, and offer a view from both the state and non-governmental organisations’ (NGO) perspectives. In addition to these valuable perspectives, this book offers a number of significant case studies of how human rights has been implemented, and the challenges it faces in ASEAN in general, and in Indonesia particularly.
Readership: Students and academics in the field of international human rights, international relations, politics and Southeast Asian Studies. University libraries; General readership and lay public for anyone interested in regional affairs, politics, human rights and ASEAN.
296pp 978-981-122-949-7 Feb 2021 US$98 £85
China’s Rise in Mainland ASEAN
Regional Evidence and Local Responses
edited by Suthiphand Chirathivat, Buddhagarn Rutchatorn & Wasutadon Nakawiroj (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
ASEAN can be said to be undergoing a new era, with China becoming more intertwined and involved with the ASEAN region than ever before. In addressing the matters at hand, this book sets out to examine and provide deeper understandings on the regional implications, and local responses from ASEAN countries, and from the perspective of the region as a whole.
Readership: Students and researchers interested in China Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, ASEAN studies, and International Relations; and policymakers and practitioners in the field of China Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, ASEAN Studies and International Relations.
428pp 978-981-121-703-6 Oct 2020 US$148 £130
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Jokowi’s Second Term: Emerging Issues
edited by Yang Razali Kassim (S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
RSIS Commentary: The Series — Jokowi’s Second Term: Emerging Issues is an edited book which focuses on the 2019 presidential election in Indonesia. There are indications that the closing chapter of his presidency in the next few years could be more challenging. Better known as Jokowi, his re-election in 2019 therefore deserved a closer look for a better understanding of its significance and its key dimensions. His re-election will act as a backdrop of what may come in the remaining years of his presidency.
Readership: Students, researchers and academics interested in Southeast Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Politics and Indonesian Politics; Policymakers, politicians and practitioners interested in Southeast Asian Politics and Indonesian Politics.
150pp 978-981-123-219-0 Dec 2021 US$68 £60
Jokowi’s Indonesia and the World
by Ahmad Ibrahim Almuttaqi (The Habibie Center, Indonesia)
Jokowi’s Indonesia and the World addresses questions about the likely changes in Indonesia’s foreign policy by evaluating the annual performance of the Widodo Government from 2014 to 2019, focusing primarily on the President’s foreign policy track record, and tracing Indonesia’s successes and failures on the world stage. At the same time, the book also assesses how the domestic situation has affected Jakarta’s external projections.
Key Feature
• The book refers to both English and Indonesian language sources, thus providing readers with a more complete understanding of issues surrounding Joko Widodo’s first presidential term.
Readership: Academics, undergraduates and graduates, and policymakers in Indonesian/Southeast Asian politics; diplomatic community based in Indonesia or foreign ministry officials handling Indonesian/Southeast Asian affairs.
188pp May 2020 978-981-121-942-9(pbk) US$28 £25 978-981-121-407-3 US$58 £50
Issues in Public Policy and Administration in Malaysia
An Institutional Analysis
by Abdillah Noh & Nadia H Yashaiya (Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei) In examining the various concerns of the Malaysian bureaucracy, this book highlights the typologies of institutional change and the inherent tension over resources that exist among actors that makes reform attempts, at times, potentially problematic but not impossible. New concerns in public policy and governance that are yet to be discussed widely in the Malaysian public administration literature are raised, including issues on collaborative governance, public service motivation and representative bureaucracy. Readership: Undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers working in the field of public policy and administration, institutions and Malaysia. The Case for Electoral System Redesign in the Philippines
edited by Paul D Hutchcroft (Australian National University, Australia)
As political reformers seek to address fundamental problems of the Philippine polity, there is no better place to start than through a well-constructed set of changes to the electoral system.
In this volume, expert contributors survey major types of electoral systems found throughout the world, explain their powerful influence on both democratic quality and development outcomes, and explore the comparative political dynamics of reform processes
Readership: Scholars and students of comparative politics and Asian studies. Policymakers, civil society advocates, development practitioners, proponents of gender equality and media professionals seeking better understanding of political reform options and the dynamics of political change. Readers interested in patronage, political party development, electoral system reform and contemporary Philippine politics.
224pp 978-981-121-259-8 Feb 2020 US$98 £85
Rising from the Ashes
UN Peacebuilding in Timor-Leste
by Viji Menon (S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
This book provides an in-depth look into the UN’s first experiment in governing and building peace in the aftermath of conflict, using East Timor as a case study. It is based on the author’s first-hand experience working in the UN as it restored law and order and built a state in a country without a government, any infrastructure, or human resources.
Readership: Professionals and policy makers in government especially in the ASEAN countries, the UN, research institutes, think tanks, graduate students doing research or writing on the UN, scholars with an interest in Southeast Asia, experts on oil resources and their use by developing countries.
216pp 978-981-120-594-1 Oct 2019 US$88 £80
Building Inclusive Democracies in ASEAN
edited by Ronald U Mendoza (Asian Institute of Management, Philippines), Edsel L Beja Jr. (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines), Julio C Teehankee (De La Salle University, Philippines), Antonio G M La Viña (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines) & Maria Fe Villamejor-Mendoza (University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines) “An incisive analysis of the ways in which ‘really existing democracy’ malfunctions in the ASEAN region. The book brings together leading scholars of ASEAN’s clientelistic and personalized political systems and not only elucidates the social costs of this, but also lays out a series of very practical policy recommendations for making democracy work better. An important book.”
James Robinson Professor, University of Chicago and
co-author of Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty Readership: Readers in political science, Southeast Asian studies, political economy, and governance reform.
China’s Belt and Road Initiative in ASEAN
Growing Presence, Recent Progress and Future Challenges
edited by Suthiphand Chirathivat, Buddhagarn Rutchatorn (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) & Anupama Devendrakumar (VinUniversity, Vietnam)
As the various BRI projects continue to unfold in ASEAN countries, public concerns about the impact of these projects are on the rise. However, there has not been enough extensive study on this issue. This edited book contributes towards bridging the knowledge gap by facilitating experts from ASEAN, China, and beyond, to discuss, reflect, debate the ground realities of BRI based on the local governments’ and local people’s experiences and narratives.
Readership: Researchers, students (undergraduate, graduate, research), academicians, professionals, policy-makers interested in China’s Belt and Road Initiative in ASEAN.
300pp 978-981-124-130-7 Jan 2022 US$108 £95
Revitalising ASEAN Economies in a Post-COVID-19 World
Socioeconomic Issues in the New Normal
edited by Hooi Hooi Lean (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia)
Beyond the efforts of preventing and containing the spread of the virus, ASEAN’s most significant challenges are the social and economic crisis of historic proportions that are beginning to unfold. COVID-19 pandemic has brought interruptions in all sectors of ASEAN economies. This book intends to highlight the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in ASEAN and suggest ways on how to mitigate them.
Readership: Academic, researchers, postgraduate students, undergraduate students, industry and government agencies interested in Asian economies and its development and international relations.
500pp 978-981-122-846-9 Mar 2022 US$148 £130
The Global Nexus
by Wazir Jahan B Karim (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia)
The Global Nexus: Political Economies, Connectivity, and the Social Sciences is a provocative critique of the social sciences in the age of neoconservative and alt-right globalisation sweeping across modern democracies globally.
Focusing on Southeast Asia with comparisons across nations in the Levant and the Middle East, Europe, and the United States, Wazir Jahan Karim vividly demonstrates how plural political economies have emerged and rendered flaws in the globalisation process.
Readership: Students and professionals interested in gender studies, women’s studies, globalisation etc., in the ASEAN Secretariat, UN University, Tokyo, UN Agencies on Labour and Development, Trade Organisations, NGOs.
552pp 978-981-3232-43-3 Sep 2019 US$158 £140
New Dynamics and Changing Landscape
edited by Suthiphand Chirathivat, Buddhagarn Rutchatorn (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) & Anupama Devendrakumar (Chiang Mai University, Thailand)
While the China – ASEAN bilateral relations are soaring, there are growing concerns among ASEAN member countries about the nature of China’s engagement with ASEAN. In this context, this book focuses on China’s influence on mainland ASEAN countries: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
Readership: Students, academics, researchers and practitioners in the field of China Studies and Southeast Asian Studies.
320pp 978-981-3275-40-9 Jan 2019 US$108 £95
Ensuring a Square Meal
Women and Food Security in Southeast Asia
edited by Theresa W Devasahayam (Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), Singapore)
Research on women and food security in Southeast Asia has been limited. The collection of chapters in this book is one of the first attempts at providing a lens into the linkages between women and food security at the household, community, national, and transnational levels. Given women’s critical role in food production and provision, the book assesses the structural forces enabling women to access productive resources and, in turn, ensure sustainable strategies for food security; as well as it evaluates how governments might address the constraints women face in this vital role.
Readership: Students and professionals interested in gender studies, Southeast Asian studies and food security studies.
264pp 978-981-3231-89-4 Oct 2018 US$98 £86
Revisiting Gandhi
Legacies for World Peace and National Integration
edited by Swaran Singh (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India) & Reena Marwah (University of Delhi, India)
This book interrogates several strands of Gandhian design, articulations, methods and ideals, through five sections. These include Theoretical Perspectives, Peace and World Order, Revolutionary Experiments, National Integration and Gandhi in Chinese Discourses.
Its contributors relied extensively on archival materials, essays and an extensive review of literature. Hence, the book is replete with pertinent documentation and scholarship and makes a significant value-addition in the literature on Gandhi.
Readership: Undergraduates and graduates interested in Gandhi in relation to national integration.
