Politics in Southeast Asia

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Politics in Southeast Asia is written by William Case and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1136871217 (ISBN 10) and 9781136871214 (ISBN 13).

This volume provides an introduction to the politics of the five key southeast Asian states - Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines - and is intended as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students taking courses on this subject. Using a comparative politics and political economy perspective, the author focuses in particular on the degree of democracy in the five countries, arguing that in all the countries considered democracy is, to varying degrees, imperfect. The book synthesises a wide range of scholarship, and presents the material in a concise and accessible way.