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Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Southeast Asia
Author(s): Michael Leifer (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 12 Jan. 1995
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415042194
- ISBN-13: 9780415042192
Book Description
The Dictionary of the Modern Politics of South-East Asia provides comprehensive coverage of the political history of this important region since the end of the Second World War.
Over 400 alphabetically-organized entries cover Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia (Kampuchia), Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Individual entries provide detailed information and authoritative commentary for the central figures, political parties and organizations, political systems and structures, major events, and key documents, including constitutions and treaties, of the region, as well as clarifying the terminology – acronyms, abbreviations and non-English terms – in use. Additionally, for each state covered, an extended narrative analyses its recent history and political and social development.
Extensive cross-referencing and a subject index assist the reader to the required material and subject bibliographies refer the researcher to source and secondary matter.
The Dictionary will be of wide general use in the fields of politics, modern history, economics, international relations, strategic studies, political geography, area studies and development.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘This dictionary provides much conveniently organized information on Southeast Asia. It will be essential for journalists, diplomats and academics, who often find themselves in situations where they need to refresh their memories at a moment’s notice.’ – Times Literary Supplement
‘Reading a dictionary from cover to cover may be a sign of madness. But … Michael Leifer’s canter through the A-to-Z of recent Southeast Asian politics proves surprisingly difficult to put down. Leifer’s book does not just tell the reader what is or was. It provides the links between past and present. It should be required reading for writers and editors of news from Southeast Asia and kept constantly on hand at the news desk as an agreeable antidote to that begetting sin of contemporary journalism – the absence of a sense of history or perspective. This is a very worthwhile exercise, readable, succinct and, above all, useful.’ – International Herald Tribune
‘… will come as a boon to all students of the region, journalists, officials and academics.’ – Asian Affairs
‘[Michael Leifer] has achieved the impossible: produced a reference work that brings his subject to life.’ – Asian Wall Street Journal
About the Author
Michael Leifer is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economic and Political Science where he is also chairman of the Management Committee of a new research Centre for the Study of Asian Economy, Politics and Society. He has engaged in research and travelled extensively within South-East Asia for over three decades. His publications include Indonesia’s Foreign Policy (Allen & Unwin, 1983) and ASEAN and the Security of S uth-East Asia (Routledge, 1989).
