Gangsters, Democracy, and the State in Southeast Asia(English, Paperback, unknown)

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Gangsters, Democracy, and the State in Southeast Asia(English, Paperback, unknown) is written by unknown and published by Cornell University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0877271348 (ISBN 10) and 9780877271345 (ISBN 13).

An essay collection that studies workaday, regional politics in Southeast Asia and its implications for evolving democracies. The contributors examine the electoral process, conflicts between central and local governments, conflicts between individual freedoms and state power, and the roles charismatic, opportunistic strongmen have played in Southeast Asian politics, most notably in Thailand, Burma, and the Philippines.