Roger Kershaw - Monarchy in South East Asia, Ebooks (various), Geopolitics + Sociology
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Monarchy in South-East Asia
Monarchy was the only type of polity in the South-East Asian region before the
rise of Western colonialism. And the impact of the distant past on contemporary
political values is felt even where monarchy was abolished by a colonial power.
This book surveys the historical contours of that monarchical tradition.
Roger Kershaw argues, however, that it was not ancient values which allowed
four monarchies to survive until now, but typically the interest of colonial powers
in stability. Even Thailand, for example, never colonized, can be analysed in
terms of an oblique ‘indirect rule’. More recently, Cambodia’s two Communist
regimes have seen the monarchy as a useful stabilizing factor. At the same time,
the Thai King’s authority reflects his personal longevity and merit; the
absolutism of the Sultan of Brunei rests on oil; only Malaysian monarchy is
purely ceremonial.
Designed as an introduction to the region’s monarchies, this book also
supplies a vital historical background, and political context, for five contempo-
rary case studies, and includes ample bibliographical reference, which will be
ideal for anyone interested in the dynamics of the South-East Asian region,
besides the idea of monarchy in our time. The more specialized reader will find
stimulating and original insights on the royal politics of Cambodia, Thailand,
Malaysia and Brunei over the past decade.
Roger Kershaw
’s association with South-East Asia began in 1962, teaching in
Malaya. After graduate studies in London at SOAS, he became a lecturer in
South-East Asian Studies in two British universities – Hull and Kent – followed
by ten years in Brunei. He is now an independent writer and has written
extensively on South-East Asian societies.
Politics in Asia series
Edited by Michael Leifer
London School of Economics and Political Science
ASEAN and the Security of
South-East Asia
Michael Leifer
Politics in
Indonesia
Democracy, Islam and
the Ideology of
Tolerance
Douglas E. Ramage
China’s Policy Towards
Territorial Disputes
The Case of the South
China Sea Islands
Chi-kin Lo
Communitarian
Ideology and
Democracy in
Singapore
Beng-Huat Chua
India and Southeast
Asia
Indian Perceptions and
Policies
Mohammed Ayoob
The Challenge of
Democracy in
Nepal
Louise Brown
Gorbachev and
Southeast Asia
Leszek Buszynski
Japan’s Asia Policy
Wolf Mendl
Indonesian Politics
under Suharto
Order, Development
and Pressure for
Change
Michael R.J. Vatikiotis
The International
Politics of Asia-Pacific,
1945–1995
Michael Yahuda
The State and
Ethnic Politics in
Southeast Asia
David Brown
Political Change in
Southeast Asia
Trimming the Banyan
Tree
Michael R.J. Vatikiotis
The Politics of
Nation Building
and Citizenship in
Singapore
Michael Hill and Lian Kwen Fee
Hong Kong
China’s Challenge
Michael Yahuda
Korea versus Korea
A Case of Contested
Legitimacy
B.K. Gills
Indonesia and
China
The Politics of a
Troubled Relationship
Rizal Sukma
Taiwan and
Chinese
Nationalism
National Identity and
Status in International
Society
Christopher Hughes
Arming the Two
Koreas
State, Capital and
Military Power
Ta i k - y o u n g H a m m
Managing Political
Change in
Singapore
The Elected Presidency
Kevin Y.L. Tan and Lam
Peng Er
Engaging China
The Management of
an Emerging Power
Edited by Alastair Iain
Johnston and Robert S.
Ross
Islam in Malaysian
Foreign Policy
Shanti Nair
Singapore’s Foreign
Policy
Coping with
Vulnerability
Michael Leifer
Political Change in
Thailand
Democracy and
Participation
Kevin Hewison
Philippine Politics
and Society in the
Twentieth Century
Colonial Legacies,
Post-Colonial
Trajectories
Eva-Lotta E. Hedman and
John T. Sidel
The Politics of
NGOs in South-East
Asia
Participation and
Protest in the
Philippines
Gerard Clarke
Constructing a
Security
Community in
Southeast Asia
ASEAN and the
Problem of Regional
Order
Amitav Acharya
Malaysian Politics
under Mahathir
R.S. Milne and Diane K.
Mauzy
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Monarchy in South-East Asia
Monarchy was the only type of polity in the South-East Asian region before the
rise of Western colonialism. And the impact of the distant past on contemporary
political values is felt even where monarchy was abolished by a colonial power.
This book surveys the historical contours of that monarchical tradition.
Roger Kershaw argues, however, that it was not ancient values which allowed
four monarchies to survive until now, but typically the interest of colonial powers
in stability. Even Thailand, for example, never colonized, can be analysed in
terms of an oblique ‘indirect rule’. More recently, Cambodia’s two Communist
regimes have seen the monarchy as a useful stabilizing factor. At the same time,
the Thai King’s authority reflects his personal longevity and merit; the
absolutism of the Sultan of Brunei rests on oil; only Malaysian monarchy is
purely ceremonial.
Designed as an introduction to the region’s monarchies, this book also
supplies a vital historical background, and political context, for five contempo-
rary case studies, and includes ample bibliographical reference, which will be
ideal for anyone interested in the dynamics of the South-East Asian region,
besides the idea of monarchy in our time. The more specialized reader will find
stimulating and original insights on the royal politics of Cambodia, Thailand,
Malaysia and Brunei over the past decade.
Roger Kershaw
’s association with South-East Asia began in 1962, teaching in
Malaya. After graduate studies in London at SOAS, he became a lecturer in
South-East Asian Studies in two British universities – Hull and Kent – followed
by ten years in Brunei. He is now an independent writer and has written
extensively on South-East Asian societies.
Politics in Asia series
Edited by Michael Leifer
London School of Economics and Political Science
ASEAN and the Security of
South-East Asia
Michael Leifer
Politics in
Indonesia
Democracy, Islam and
the Ideology of
Tolerance
Douglas E. Ramage
China’s Policy Towards
Territorial Disputes
The Case of the South
China Sea Islands
Chi-kin Lo
Communitarian
Ideology and
Democracy in
Singapore
Beng-Huat Chua
India and Southeast
Asia
Indian Perceptions and
Policies
Mohammed Ayoob
The Challenge of
Democracy in
Nepal
Louise Brown
Gorbachev and
Southeast Asia
Leszek Buszynski
Japan’s Asia Policy
Wolf Mendl
Indonesian Politics
under Suharto
Order, Development
and Pressure for
Change
Michael R.J. Vatikiotis
The International
Politics of Asia-Pacific,
1945–1995
Michael Yahuda
The State and
Ethnic Politics in
Southeast Asia
David Brown
Political Change in
Southeast Asia
Trimming the Banyan
Tree
Michael R.J. Vatikiotis
The Politics of
Nation Building
and Citizenship in
Singapore
Michael Hill and Lian Kwen Fee
Hong Kong
China’s Challenge
Michael Yahuda
Korea versus Korea
A Case of Contested
Legitimacy
B.K. Gills
Indonesia and
China
The Politics of a
Troubled Relationship
Rizal Sukma
Taiwan and
Chinese
Nationalism
National Identity and
Status in International
Society
Christopher Hughes
Arming the Two
Koreas
State, Capital and
Military Power
Ta i k - y o u n g H a m m
Managing Political
Change in
Singapore
The Elected Presidency
Kevin Y.L. Tan and Lam
Peng Er
Engaging China
The Management of
an Emerging Power
Edited by Alastair Iain
Johnston and Robert S.
Ross
Islam in Malaysian
Foreign Policy
Shanti Nair
Singapore’s Foreign
Policy
Coping with
Vulnerability
Michael Leifer
Political Change in
Thailand
Democracy and
Participation
Kevin Hewison
Philippine Politics
and Society in the
Twentieth Century
Colonial Legacies,
Post-Colonial
Trajectories
Eva-Lotta E. Hedman and
John T. Sidel
The Politics of
NGOs in South-East
Asia
Participation and
Protest in the
Philippines
Gerard Clarke
Constructing a
Security
Community in
Southeast Asia
ASEAN and the
Problem of Regional
Order
Amitav Acharya
Malaysian Politics
under Mahathir
R.S. Milne and Diane K.
Mauzy
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