Legacy of Engagement in Southeast Asia / Edited by Ann Marie Murphy, Bridget Welsh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Murphy, Ann Marie, editor.

Welsh, Bridget, 1971- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic assistance--Southeast Asia.

Economic assistance.

Southeast Asia--Economic conditions.

Southeast Asia.

Southeast Asia--Foreign relations.

Southeast Asia--Politics and government--1945-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 412 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This rich collection of essays explores the dramatic political, economic, and social transformations in Southeast Asia since 1945. Academics and practitioners trace three themes – transformations within Southeast Asian countries, the actors and processes that contributed to these changes, and new dynamics in foreign relations. These diachronic essays examine how engagement among Southeast Asians and between regional and outside actors have affected patterns of democracy, development, and international relations. By looking back to understand the contemporary political and economic landscape of Southeast Asia, these essays shed light on how modern Southeast Asia has evolved. Special focus centres on U.S. engagement with the region, by both governmental and non-governmental organizations. Through its macrohistorical synthesis of changes in the region over time, this book offers an accessible lens to understand contemporary Southeast Asia.

Contents:

Unexpected trajectories and connections, regime change, democratization and development in Southeast Asia / Bridget Welsh

Vietnam's transformation, war, development and reform / Frederick Z. Brown

The Philippines' underperformance in comparative perspective / David G. Timberman

Development success? economic transformation in Indonesia / Hadi Soesastro

The Ford Foundation in Southeast Asia / Peter F. Geithner

The transformative role of Japan's Official Development Assistance, an economic partnership with Southeast Asia / Hugh Patrick

International aid and political change in Southeast Asia / Annette Clear

United States relations with Southeast Asia, the legacy of policy changes / Ann Marie Murphy

The evolving relationship between China and Southeast Asia / Michael R. Chambers

The United States and Indonesia, personal reflections / Edward Masters

ASEAN's identity crisis / Donald E. Weatherbee

Encounters in Southeast Asia, 1957-2008 / Theodore Friend.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Nov 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789814459334

981445933X

9789812307712

9812307710

OCLC:

321066576