Routledge Library Editions: Modern East and South East Asia, 7-Volume Set

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Volume1
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
1: The End of an Era
A Reluctant Farewell
The Asean Way
When Bad News is Good News
Watch What We Say, Not What We Do
No Shortage of Shooting
Commodity Windfalls
Chinese Financiers and Footloose Factories
Second Time Around: Japan's Regained Ascendancy
Industrial Images, Industrial Mirages
Sub-contracting or Substitution?
Cutting Down a Resource
Commodity Con Games
Projectitis
Overlooking Maintenance
A Primitive Business Culture
The Chinese Connection
The Shadow of Debt
The Blunt Side of the East Asian Edge
An Indigenous Technological Culture?
Home Movies
The End of an Era
References
2: Full Circle in the Philippines
Portent of Things to Come?
Behave or Go Home
Drawing Comparisons
No Portent from the Philippines
The Cojuangco Factor
Specific Charges
The Arrastre Business
Gambling Dens, Barter Trade and Other Diversions
Plus ça Change . . .
Plus C'est La Même Chose
What's in a Name?
Early Gains
Duty-Free Duppies
Broadcasting Blues
Full Circle in the Philippines?
References
3: Malaise in Brunei and Malaysia
I: Toll Gates: A Cautionary Tale
Political Troubles
The Racial Conundrum
Banking Problems
Commodity Markets Crumble
Scandal of Scandals
Nep-otism at the Share Market
Sultans Galore
Move over Mat Salleh?
Damned Dams
Other Bright Ideas
'Looking East'
II: The World's Richest Man
Bribes, Backhanders and Favours
Bank Scandals
The Shell-Fare State
CONTRA-Dictory Generosity
III: Malay Economics: Getting it Right
Malay Business Culture: Getting it Wrong
Longer-Term Problems
The Religious Conundrum
The Educational Time Bomb
Ruminating About the Malay Malaise
References
4: ABRI-Culture: Dual Functioneering in Indonesia
Number Games
New Order, Old Habits
The Archipelagic Reach
The Curse of Oil
Khaki Commerce
Technocratic Influence
Cukong Friends
The First Family
Hidden Costs of Business Favouritism
Runs on Rupiahs
The Oil Future
Revenue Loss
Harbouring Thieves
Musical Pirates
Bogus Notes of Another Kind
The Bright Side
Urgent Needs, Slow Corrections
Intimations of Change
But No Easy Way Out
References
5: Boomtime in Bangkok
Southeast Asia's Brightest Star
Foreign Fund Managers Flock to Bangkok
Mass Capitalism?
Looks Good on Paper
Earlier Growth Models
Foreign Investment Invasion
Resourceful Thailand
The Newest NIC?
Rocketing Corporate Profits
The Mid-1980s: A Trial Run of Trouble
Financial Frights
Siam City's Travail
Problems for Krung Thai
Boardroom Bedlam
Risky Whisky
Superbike Racer and Santa Claus
Another Early Warning Signal: Foreign Debt
A Narrowly-based Success Story
Once Again, the Chinese
Addictive Habits
Looming Uncertainties
First Uncertainty: The Monarchy
Second Uncertainty: The Military
Third Uncertainty: Regional Conflicts
Fourth Uncertainty: Will the Domestic 'demand Base' Be Rich Enough?
The Parasitic City
The Fast-baht Crowd
Fifth Uncertainty: Disappearing Forests
Sixth Uncertainty: The Wrong Skills
Let's All Be Lawyers (or Civil Servants)
Seventh Uncertainty: Infrastructure
Eighth Uncertainty: Laggard Farmers
Vulnerable Miracle?
Free Riders After All
Korean Comparisons
References
6: Singapore: The Exception That Rules the Proof
Success Story
Crossroads or Revolving Door?
A Glance at the Recent Past
1985
Entrepreneurs' Lament
Reversing Gear
The Financial Centre of Asean
The Pan-el Shock
Home Truths or Awkward Facts?
Meddling Foreign Journalists
An Unhappy Episode
Trading in a Protectionist World
Political Uncertainties
Internal Politics
Hong Kong's Future
Whither the Yen?
Whither the State?
Politics and Confidence
References
7: Chinatown
The Chinese Puzzle
High Turnover, Quick Return
Straight Talk at the Banquet
Awkward Opinions
A Recent Exodus
A Less Than Enthusiastic Welcome
Thailand: Easiest for Chinese
Muddling Through in Malaysia
Indonesian Chinese: The Region's Wealthiest
Different Kinds of Chinese
Ali on the Lookout for Baba
Trying to Explain the Sino Magic
Community Values
Chinese Gain from New Policies
Chinese Corporatism
The Cukong's Cukong
A Royal Tiff
Foreign Bankers Beware
Other Alarums and Excursions
Chinese Credit Lines
The Chinese Juggernaut in Perspective
Renewed Nervousness
Chinatown's Corporate Future
References
8: Wellsprings of Wealth: Southeast Asia's Commercial Crucibles
Asean Share Markets: Much 'aduh' About Rather Little?
1987 and All That
Second Thoughts About the Bourses
Immature Markets
Yes, We Have No Fundamentals
Baubles, Bangles and . . . Bangkok
Abortive Paper Markets
Mice That Roar?
But Qualified Praise Is Due
Banking: Whirlwind Growth
Big Banks . . . and Bigger Banks
Where's the Money Going?
A Vogue for Private Banking
Hong Kong Jitters
Looking Ahead
Some Thing New: Asean's Multinational Corporations
The Richest of Them All?
Astra Group's Growth
Another Crucible: Industrial Whistle Stops
Spilling Over?
No 'open Skies'
Shipping: No Open Waters
Rust Bucket Labour Market
Investment Incentives: Another Distortion
Corporate Management: Form and Substance
In the Family Way
Book-keeping Illiteracy
Product Piracy: Another Free Ride?
Apart from (someone Else's) Ships, No Free Labour Market
Business Education: How Good Really?
References
9: Commodities: Glutted Cornucopias
Commodities: First and Foremost
Commodities Today
Still a Regal Earner. . .
. . . But Prices Badly Faltered in the 1980s
The End of the Golden Weather?
When Boom Goes Bust: Sabah's Experience
Sabah's Lament: into the Valley of Debt
Falling Prices Hurt Many Others
Star Commodities Also Falter
Disappearing Forests
Back to the Futures
Following OPEC . . . into the Sunset
Longer-Term Trends
The 1990s: Vulnerable Markets, or Reborn Hope?
'Downstream Processing': A Way Out?
Outlook
References
10: Development Bunk
An Asian Birthday
Signs of Age
Poor Little Rich Bank
Mid-Life Crisis
A Question of Quality
Boardroom Wrangling
Procurement is the Game
A Question of Control
Sour Grapes
References
11: Reluctant Regionalism
Swords into Bonus Shares
False Starts Towards a Regional Club
An Enduring but Overrated Framework
Regional Realism
The Myth of the Evolving Regional Market
Bureaucratic Smoke and Mirrors
No Substance but Plenty of Suitors
A Diplomatic Merry-Go-Round
A Record of Failure
The Asean Finance Corporation
The Bankers' Acceptance Scheme
A Lack of Energy
Swaps
Serious Proposals Ignored
Industrial Complementation Fizzles Out
Praise Where Praise is Due?
Asean Trade Diplomacy: How Successful Really?
The Reasons Why
Asean Be Damned: When Necessary
Preparations for the 1987 Summit
Some Straight Talk
The Manila Summit: So What?
Another Charade?
Invest Now, If . . .
The Japanese Dimension
The Regional Vacuum
Game Playing
Others Play Games Too
The Future as an Extension of the Past
References
12: The Clouded Future
Steady as She Goes?
The World in Flux
Inexorable Growth of Another Kind
Who's in Charge Here?
Neglected Agriculture, Neglected Land
More Giveaways
Debt Valley
Loans Unwisely Spent
Who Needs Maintenance?
Asean Economies: How Resilient?
Who Gains?
Education: Quantity, Not Quality
Lacking: A Culture of Innovation
Industrialisation Without Technology
Market Moves of Another Kind
Let the Market In, Get the Governments Out?
For All That, an Achievement
The Second Time Around: Japan in Southeast Asia
Is Japan Irresistible?
Practising What They Don't Preach
Trade Disputes
China Is Eyeing the Same Markets
So Are Other Eyes
Politics, Politics
A Crippled Culture?
Underlying Potential
Bigger Stakes
References
Glossary
Further Reading
Index
Volume2
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: Return to South-East Asia
1: Wartime Planning and Diplomacy
2: The Dilemma of Peace in South-East Asia
3: ‘Famine Averted’: The Special Commission in Singapore
4: Regional Cooperation and Regional Defence
Part II: Asian Nationalism
5: India, Vietnam and the Limits of Colonial Cooperation
6: Singapore and the ‘Radiation of British Influence’
7: Regional Competition: India and Australia
8: Regional Competition: The United Nations and ECAFE
9: Western Union and South-East Asia
Part III: Communism
10: Cold War and Commonwealth
11: Enter the Dragon: South-East Asia and the Chinese Civil War
12: Regional Cooperation and Regional Containment
13: The Final Stages of Regional Planning
14: To Colombo and Beyond
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Volume3
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Editorial Preface
Abbreviations
Communism in East Asia: The Production Imperative, Legitimacy and Reform
The Reform Process in the People’s Republic of China
Reform, Local Political Institutions and the Village Economy in China
China: The New Inheritance Law and the Peasant Household
North Korea: The End of the Beginning
Ideology and the Legitimation Crisis in North Korea
Vietnam: The Slow Road to Reform
The Mongolian People’s Republic in the 1980s: Continuity and Change
The Soviet Union and the Pacific Century
China and the Asia–Pacific Region
Volume4
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Illustrations
Part I: The Pattern of Settlement in Indochina
1: The Geographical Framework
2: Prehistory
Part II: The Founding of the First Indochinese States
1: The Chinese Conquest of the Red River Delta and the Birth of Viet-Nam
2: The Introduction of Indian Culture into Indochina
3: The spread of Indian Cultural Influence in the Peninsula
1. In the South: Fu-Nan
2. The Spread of Indian Influence in The East of The Peninsula: Champa
3. The Spread of Indian Influence in The Centre and The West of The Peninsula: Shrikshetra and Dvaravati
Part III: The Indochinese States from the Sixth to the Thirteenth Century
1: Viet-Nam
2: Cambodia
3: Burma
Part IV: The Crisis of the Thirteenth Century and the Decline of Indian Cultural Influence
Part V: The Indochinese States after the Thirteenth Century
1: Siam or Thailand
2: Laos
3: Burma
4: Cambodia
5: Viet-Nam
Conclusion
Notes
Index
Volume5
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Introduction
I: The Scene Revolution and Intervention in South East Asia
Communist Revolts: 1948
Sino-Soviet Dispute: (People’s) War and Peace
US Reaction: The Vietnam Commitment
Indonesian Reversal: New Balance of Power?
Domino-Land
II: The Model China: Conditions for Success
Peasant Revolt: Mao’s Separate Course
Protracted War:
(1) Contradictions
(2) Mass Support
(3) Base Area
(4) Guerrilla Warfare
National Appeal:
(1) Resistance to the Enemy
(2) United Front Tactics
Downfall of the Régime:
(1) America’s Dilemma
(2) The Débâcle
III: Success Struggle for Vietnam
August Insurrection
Resistance War
Unity and Organization
Vietminh-Vietcong
IV: Failure
China in Maphilindo
Lessons from Malaya and the Philippines
Indonesian Exception
United States in lndo-China
Post-War Policy
Confusion in Laos
Backing into Vietnam:
(1) Commitment and . . .
(2) Credibility
Peace—and the Tet Offensive
Annotated Bibliography
Index
Volume6
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Acknowledgments
Chapter I: Introduction
Chapter II: Theoretical Framework
Chapter III: The Impact of Globalization on Human Rights
Chapter IV: Prospects for a Regional Human Rights Regime in East Asia
Chapter V: Conclusions
Appendix A: A Cover Letter
Appendix B: A Questionnaire Sent to Nongovernmental Organizations
Appendix C: A Questionnaire Sent to Individuals
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Volume7
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Dedication
Table of Contents
Introduction
Book One: The Foundations of Southeast Asia
1: The Origins of Southeast Asia
2: Invasion from the West
3: Imperialism at the Flood
4: The Birth of Nationalism in Southeast Asia
5: Two Colonial Cases
Book Two: War and Revolution
6: Invasion from the North
7: Transient Empire
8: An Unforeseen Peace
9: The Nationalist Revolt
Book Three: The Future of Southeast Asia
10: United Nations and Divided Counsels
11: The Bad Conscience of the West
12: The Economic Mainspring
13: Capitalist Adventurers and Communist Agitators
14: Voluntary Association in Southeast Asia
Index