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Books in the Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific series

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    - Linguistic Nationalism, Institutional Decay, and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka
    by Neil DeVotta
    £23.99

    In the 1950s Sinhalese linguistic nationalism precipitated a situation in which the movement to replace English as the main language and replace with it with Sihala and Tamil was abandoned and Sinhala alone became the official language. This work looks at the subsequent outcome this had.

  • - Compromise, Resistance, and Regime Change in Indonesia
    by Edward Aspinall
    £59.49

    Opposing Suharto presents an account of democratization in the world's fourth most populous country, Indonesia. It describes how opposition groups challenged the long-time ruler, President Suharto, and his military-based regime, forcing him to resign in 1998. The book's main purpose is to explain how ordinary people can bring about political change in a repressive authoritarian regime.

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    - The Quest for Moral Authority
     
    £26.99

    The countries of Southeast Asia have had varying degrees of success in achieving political legitimacy. This book studies political legitimacy in aeven South east Asian countries - Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Burma, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

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    - A Southeast Asia Perspective
    by Vedi Hadiz
    £18.49

    This book provides an important statement on the underlying social dynamics of local politics in Indonesia following the end of the New Order in 1998. It represents the culmination of a substantial and influential body of work by Hadiz on the political economy of Indonesia's post-authoritarian transition.

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