Democracy and nationalism in Southeast Asia from secessionist mobilization to conflict resolution Jacques Bertrand

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bertrand, Jacques, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Southeast Asia.

Democracy.

Nationalism--Southeast Asia.

Nationalism.

Conflict management--Southeast Asia.

Conflict management.

Insurgency--Southeast Asia.

Insurgency.

Minorities--Political activity--Southeast Asia.

Minorities.

Southeast Asia--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Southeast Asia.

Autonomy and independence movements.

Minorities--Political activity.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2021

Summary:

"Jacques Bertrand offers a comparative-historical analysis of five nationalist conflicts over several decades in Southeast Asia. Using a theoretical framework to explain variance over time and across cases, he challenges and refines existing debates on democracy's impact and shows that, while democratization significantly reduces violent insurgency over time, it often introduces pernicious effects that fail to resolve conflict and contribute to maintaining deep nationalist grievances. Drawing on years of detailed fieldwork, Bertrand analyses the paths that led from secessionist mobilization to a range of outcomes. These include persistent state repression for Malay Muslims in Thailand, low level violence under a top-down 'special autonomy' for Papuans, reframing of mobilizing from nationalist to indigenous peoples in the Cordillera, a long and broken path to an untested broad autonomy for the Moros and relatively successful broad autonomy for Acehnese"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Introduction

Nationalist conflict in democratic contexts

Aceh : from violent insurgency to broad-based autonomy

Papua : failed autonomy and divided they stand

Moros of Mindanao : the long and treacherous path to "Bangsamoro" autonomy

"Exit and reframe" : from Cordillera "nation" to "Indigenous peoples"

Malay muslims in Thailand

Conclusion

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 09, 2021)

Other Format:

Print version Bertrand, Jacques, 1965- Democracy and nationalism in Ssoutheast Asia

ISBN:

9781108868082

1108868088

OCLC:

1240830206

Access Restriction:

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