Published in April, 2023 CONTENTS Special Focus Environment and Public Welfare in the Creation and Development of Economic Infrastructure in Southeast Asia, c. 1800–1930: Currency Supply, Forest Control, and Rail Transport Guest Editor: Ota Atsushi Introduction ・・・ Ota Atsushi The Nguyễn Dynasty’s Government Purchase System in the First Half of […]
SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES: Special Issues and Special Focuses
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Published in August, 2021 CONTENTS Faces of Local Transformation: Policy Coalitions and Socio-economic Development in the Philippines Guest Editor: Takagi Yusuke Editorial Note ・・・ Takagi Yusuke Policy Making after Revolution: The Faces of Local Transformation of the Philippines ・・・ Takagi Yusuke Rise of “Business-Friendly” Local Elite Rule in the Philippines: […]
Published in August, 2020 CONTENTS Stories across Borders: Myths of Origin and Their Contestation in the Borderlands of South and Southeast Asia Guest Editors: Monica JANOWSKI and Erik DE MAAKER Borderland Narratives ・・・ Erik DE MAAKER Monica JANOWSKI Narrating Loss and Differentiation: Lahu Origin Stories on the Margins of Burma, […]
Published in December, 2018 CONTENTS Divides and Dissent: Malaysian Politics 60 Years after Merdeka Guest Editor: Khoo Boo Teik Preface ・・・ KHOO Boo Teik Introduction: A Moment to Mull, a Call to Critique ・・・ KHOO Boo Teik Ethnicity and Class: Divides and Dissent in Malaysian Studies ・・・ ABDUL RAHMAN Embong […]
Published in April, 2018 CONTENTS Rereading Leftist Writings from Southeast Asia Guest Editor: Jafar SURYOMENGGOLO Introduction ・・・ Jafar SURYOMENGGOLO Blood-Brothers: The Communist Party of the Philippines and the Partai Komunis Indonesia ・・・ Ramon GUILLERMO Polytechnicians and Technocrats: Sources, Limits, and Possibilities of Student Activism in 1970s Singapore ・・・ LOH Kah […]
Published in August, 2017 CONTENTS Rural Northeast Thailand in Transition: Recent Changes and Their Implications for the Long-Term Transformation of the Region Guest Editors: Kono Yasuyuki, ARUNEE Promkhambut, and A. Terry Rambo Introduction ・・・ KONO Yasuyuki ARUNEE Promkhambut A. Terry RAMBO The Agrarian Transformation in Northeastern Thailand: A Review of […]
Published in December, 2016 CONTENTS Special Focus Global Powers and Local Resources in Southeast Asia: Political and Social Dynamics of Foreign Investment Ventures Guest Editor: Morishita Akiko Introduction ・・・ MORISHTA Akiko Economic Development via Dam Building: The Role of the State Government in the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy and […]
Published in April, 2016 CONTENTS Political Networks in Asia Guest Editors: Onimaru Takeshi and Khoo Boo Teik Introduction:A Place for Networks in Asian Politics ・・・ KHOO Boo Teik ONIMARU Takeshi Very Distinguished Alumni: Thai Political Networking ・・・ PASUK Phongpaichit NUALNOI Treerat Chris BAKER The Rise and Fall of Virata’s Network: […]
Published in March, 2015 CONTENTS Savings Groups in Laos from a Comparative Perspective Editors: OHNO Akihiko and FUJITA Koichi Introduction:Savings Groups in Laos from a Comparative Perspective ・・・ OHNO Akihiko FUJITA Koichi Savings Groups and Rural Financial Markets: Japanese and Thai Experiences ・・・ OHNO Akihiko Performance of Savings Groups in […]
Published in August, 2014 CONTENTS The Politics of Technocracy in Southeast Asia Guest Editors: Teresa S. Encarnacion TADEM, KHOO Boo Teik, and SHIRAISHI Takashi Technocracy and Economic Decision-Making in Southeast Asia: An Overview ・・・ The Editors Indonesian Technocracy in Transition: A Preliminary Analysis ・・・ SHIRAISHI Takashi A Short Account of the […]
Published in December, 2013 CONTENTS Special Focus Reconstructing Intra-Southeast Asian Trade, c.1780–1870:Evidence of Regional Integration under the Regime of Colonial Free Trade Guest Editor: Kaoru SUGIHARA Introduction ・・・ Kaoru SUGIHARA Tomotaka KAWAMURA The Role of Singapore in the Growth of Intra-Southeast Asian Trade, c.1820s–1852 ・・・ Atsushi KOBAYASHI The Long-term Pattern […]
Published in April, 2013 CONTENTS Note from Editorial Committee Upland Peoples in the Making of History in Northern Continental Southeast Asia Guest Editor: Christian DANIELS Introduction Introduction ・・・ Christian DANIELS Articles Mountain People in the Muang: Creation and Governance of a Tai Polity in Northern Laos ・・・ Nathan BADENOCH, TOMITA […]