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Cover; Contents; Democracy and the State in Southeast Asia; The Sinking Schooner: Murder and the State in Independent Burma, 1948-1958; Crime, Society, and Politics in Thailand; Murder, Inc., Cavite: Capitalist Development and Political Gangsterism in a Philippine Province; Muslim"" Political Brokers and the Philippines Nation-State

"This work by Vu Trong Phung, written in the 1930s, reports and expands on the author's meetings with North Vietnamese women who had made an "industry" of marrying European men. The Industry of Marrying Europeans is notable for its sharp observations, pointed humor, and unconventional mix of nonfictional and fictional narration, as well as its attention to voice: Vu Trong Phung records the French-Vietnamese pidgin dialect spoken by these couples. This prolific writer died at age twenty-seven, leaving behind one of the most impressive bodies of work in modern Vietnamese literature."--Amazon.com

This collection of essays explores the origins and roles of Southeast Asian business groups, especially as they developed during the 1970s and 1980s. An important contribution to studies of ethnic Chinese entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia. Includes a comprehensive introduction by the editor

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Major Events from 1947; 1. Interpreting Development: The Problematic of Capitalism and Democracy; 2. Thailand: The Four Contradictions; Rapid, but Uneven, Development; Military Assertion; Business Power; Money Politics; The Range of Business-Political Relations; 3. The Middle Class and Civil Society; Middle Class and Alternatives; Civil Society and the Role of NGOs; 4. Twin Peaks-Disturbing Shadows; Economics, Politics, Society in the 1990s; 5. Conclusion: Development and Democracy Reconsidered

A translation of Kam Kao, a popular Thai novel reflecting social changes at the time of the 1932 Revolution and the first to feature a woman as its central figure

Reflections on the state in Indonesia / Joshua Barker and Gerry van Klinken -- Negara Beling : street-level authority in an Indonesian slum / Joshua Barker -- Milk coffee at 10 AM : encountering the state through Pilkada in North Sumatra / Deasy Simandjuntak -- The Majelis Ulama Indonesia versus "heresy" : the resurgence of authoritarian Islam / John Olle -- Reading politics from a book of donations : the moral economy of the political class in Sumba / Jacqueline Vel -- Provincial business and politics / Syarif Hidayat and Gerry van Klinken -- Governing villages in Indonesia's coastal zone / Dorian Fougères -- Their moment in the sun : the new Indonesian parliamentarians from the old OKP / Loren Ryter