Conjunctures and Continuities in Southeast Asian Politics

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CONTENTS Acknowledgements vii List of Abbreviations ix Contributors xiii 1. Conjunctures and Continuities in Southeast Asian Politics N. Ganesan 1 2. (Re)Assessing the EDSA “People Power” (1986) as a Critical Conjuncture Rommel Curaming and Lisandro Claudio 25 3. The Road to Doi Moi in 1986: Domestic Dimensions Ta Minh Tuan 53 4. The 1988 Uprising in Myanmar: Historical Conjuncture or Praetorian Redux? Tin Maung Maung Than 67 5. Cambodia’s Historical Conjunctures and their Significance Ramses Amer 103 6. Changing the Rules: Historical Conjuncture and Transition in Indonesia Ehito Kimura 123 7. The Resistible Rise of Thaksin Shinawatra: Crisis, Change and the Collapse of Thailand’s Democracy Federico Ferrara 151 vi Contents 8. The March 2008 General Election in Malaysia as a Historical Conjuncture Johan Saravanamuttu 184 9. Conclusion: Conjunctures and Continuities in Southeast Asia N. Ganesan 217 Index 225 ...