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v CONTENTS Foreword vii Preface ix The Contributors xi Introduction 1. Counter-forces: The Politics of Uneven Power 3 Terence Chong Part I: The Political Contradictions of Globalization 2. Authoritarian States in Southeast Asia in Times of Globalization: Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar 21 Kristina Jönsson 3. From Plural Society to Political Pluralism in Malaysia 51 Francis Loh Kok Wah 4. Indonesia’s Role in the Long-term Prospects of ASEAN 76 Dewi Fortuna Anwar 5. Civil Society, Accountability and Governance in Thailand: A Dim Case of Participatory Democracy 97 Surin Maisrikrod Part II: Economic Regionalism and Global Influences 6. Globalization and the Role of the State in the Asia-Pacific 119 Martin Andersson, Christer Gunnarsson and Fredrik Gustafsson 7. Economic Nationalism and the Limits of Globalization 134 Helen E.S. Nesadurai 00 G&CForces_Prelims 1/28/08, 12:21 PM 5 vi 8. Southeast Asian Perspectives on the Economic Rise of China 169 Tham Siew Yean Part III: Local Security, Global Insecurity 9. Maritime Piracy and Raiding in Southeast Asia: Local and Global Perspectives 207 Stefan Eklöf Amirell 10. Competing Globalization: The Case of European Cooperation with Indonesia against International Terrorism 231 Timo Kivimäki 11. Radical Islam and Political Terrorism in Southeast Asia 256 Carlyle A. Thayer Part IV: Social Processes: Arrested Development 12. Reluctant Tigers: Economic Growth, Erratic Democratization Processes and Continuing Political Gender Inequality in Southeast Asia 279 Elin Bjarnegård 13. Women’s Emancipation in the Philippines: A Legacy of Western Feminism? 296 Janet M. Arnado 14. Moving Story: Transnational Mobility and Chinese Education in Malaysia 313 Yao Souchou Part V: Cultural Production in the Global Matrix 15. Measuring Cultural Globalization in Southeast Asia 335 Randolph Kluver and Wayne Fu 16. The Singaporean Creative Suburb of Perth: Rethinking Cultural Globalization 359 Terence Lee 17. Thai Magical Realism and Globalization 380 Suradech Chotiudompant Index 397 vi Contents 00 G&CForces_Prelims 1/28/08, 12:21 PM 6 ...

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