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The Changing Dynamics of Southeast Asian Politics.

Publication: Contemporary Southeast Asia
Publication Date: 01-AUG-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The Changing Dynamics of Southeast Asian Politics.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
The Changing Dynamics of Southeast Asian Politics. By Jorn Dosch. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner, 2007. Hardcover: 269pp.

Jorn Dosch, a reader at the University of Leeds and frequent visitor to Southeast Asia, declares in the opening sentences of his publication that Southeast Asia is usually written about from either the point of view of domestic politics or from the standpoint of the region's international relations. Dosch's volume seeks to "bring these two perspectives together in an attempt to arrive at a more comprehensive and holistic understanding of the region's political dynamics" (p. ix). In order achieve this the author pursues the following through individual chapters: the impact of democracy (in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand) on foreign policy formation; terrorism and separatist conflict; cooperation in the Mekong; decentralization and democratization in Cambodia; and regionalism in ASEAN and wider East Asia.

There are several themes that are worth entering into a fuller discussion with. First, Dosch's treatment of democracy in Southeast Asia quite rightly judges that political change in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand has made a "far...

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