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The Palgrave Handbook of Political Norms in Southeast Asia.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Facal, Gabriel.
Other Authors: Lafaye de Micheaux, Elsa., Norén-Nilsson, Astrid.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Part I Introductory Part
  • 1 Introduction-Political Norms in Southeast Asia: Overlapping Registers and Shifting Practices
  • Introduction
  • What Are Political Norms?
  • Why the Political Norms Angle?
  • Contribution of the Handbook
  • Organisation of the Handbook
  • References
  • 2 Institutional Pluralism and Interactions Between Normative Systems: A Theoretical Overview
  • Introduction
  • Three Types of Approaches to Normative Pluralism
  • Different Types of Norms
  • Interactions between Normative Registers
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Part II Transnational Imprints on Political Norms
  • 3 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: A Normative Benchmark for Southeast Asia?
  • Signing: A Review of UN Conventions in Southeast Asia in 2020
  • The Dynamics of Signature: Heterogeneous and Temporally Contrasted
  • The Best Performers Show the Strongest Political Contrasts (Indonesia, Philippines, Cambodia and Timor Leste)
  • Intermediate Cases: "Mainland Mixed Goodwill" (Vietnam, Laos, Thailand)
  • The Least Committed: Former British Possessions (Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Brunei)
  • Moving Forward: A Protective Regime in the Making, ASEAN Progress from 1998 to 2012
  • Unprecedented Regional Institutionalisation Stages
  • Progress Markers: National HR Institutions and HR Indicators
  • Avoiding Consequences: Declarations and Signatures with Little Follow-Up
  • Maintaining Paradigmatic Asian Values
  • Transposing Asian Values into Human Rights Texts
  • Compromising Human Rights
  • Acknowledging Principles, Failing to Implement Them
  • The Temptation to Backslide on Rights Protection Since 2014
  • Conclusion: An Unstable Process
  • References
  • 4 Normalising Authoritarianism: Authoritarian Rule of Law in Singapore and Hong Kong.
  • Introduction
  • Authoritarian Rule of Law: Unpacking an Oxymoron
  • Singapore Legislates Truth
  • POFMA: Criminalising and Securitising Online Communications
  • Definitions and Discombobulations
  • De-Democratisation
  • Remaking Meaning
  • Theatres of Authoritarian Rule of Law
  • Hong Kong's National Security Law: A Normative Borrowing from Singapore?
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 5 The Draft Law on Association in Vietnam: Legal, Political, and Practical Norms Under Debate
  • Introduction
  • Legal and Political Norms in Vietnam
  • From "Socialist Legality" to "Socialist Rule of Law State"
  • The Influence of the Chinese Model on the Vietnamese Legal System
  • Legal Norms: The 2016 Draft Law on Association
  • Comparing the Legal Frameworks Regulating Association in Vietnam and China
  • The Draft Law on Association Under Debate
  • Norm Conflict and State Pragmatism
  • Subtle Changes to the Rules of the Game
  • The Party-State's Ambiguous Attitude Vis-à-Vis Civil Society
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 6 Christian NGOs: From Marginal Liberation Theologists to Regional Policy-Shapers
  • Introduction
  • From Subverting to Enforcing the Existing Order
  • Protestant Development Experts Within Regional United Nations Branches
  • The Summer Institute of Linguistics and its establishment in Southeast Asia
  • SIL and the Production of a Moral Economy of Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education
  • SIL's Influence on Political Norms in Contemporary Southeast Asia
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 7 Mapping the Transnationalisation of Social Movements Through Online Media: The Case of the Milk Tea Alliance
  • #MilkTeaAlliance's Evolution
  • State Repression and Transnational Activism
  • Myanmar Leads, Thailand Supports, and Malaysia Lags with MTA Hashtags in Protests
  • Changing Protest Norms
  • References.
  • 8 "Does China Have a Model to Export?": An Interview with Chloé Froissart
  • References
  • 9 "Human Rights Work in the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights": An Interview with Yuyun Wahyuningrum
  • Part III Governmental Re-Orientations
  • 10 The Mall and The Mosque: Conflicting Norms in Brunei Darussalam
  • The Pre-colonial Period (-1906): The Patrimonial State
  • Indirect Rule (1906-1959): The Colonial State
  • Self-Government (1959-1984)
  • The Rentier State (1973-?)
  • The "Shellfare" State
  • Personality Cult
  • Malay Islamic Monarchy (MIB)
  • "A Nation Devoted to God": Negara Zikir
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 11 Timor-Leste: Constitutional Provisions, Political Conventions and Legitimacy Under Strain
  • Political Systems and Their Norms
  • The Birth of Timor-Leste's Political System
  • Departing from Convention
  • Reflections on Timor-Leste's Recent Developments
  • References
  • 12 The Singaporean Battlefield for the Chinese New World Order: Norms in the Security Domain
  • Introduction
  • Chinese Levers of Power to Impose Norms on Singaporean Security
  • Personal Links
  • Academic Relationships
  • Think Tanks as a Diplomatic Vector
  • Media as a Diplomatic Channel
  • Interference and Propaganda
  • The Singaporean Response to Chinese Political Warfare
  • From an Asymmetrical Relationship to Symmetrical Partnerships
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 13 Lao PDR: The Politics of Stability in Turbulent Times
  • Introduction
  • Stability as National Priority
  • Covid-19: Harbinger of Turbulent Times
  • Conclusion: Sustaining Stability
  • References
  • 14 Authoritarian Fantasies and Democratic Aspirations: The Philippines After Duterte
  • Introduction
  • Democracy Fatigue
  • Public Perceptions and Duterte's Transgressions
  • Due Process
  • Gender Equality
  • Press Freedom
  • Conclusion: Authoritarian Fantasies and Democratic Aspirations.
  • Funding Declaration
  • References
  • 15 Beyond Leftist-Phobia: Political Prejudice and Stigma in Indonesia
  • Introduction
  • Anti-communism as a Tool for the Military to Take Power
  • New Order Anti-communism and the Historiography of GS30
  • The Ghost of the Indonesian Communist Party in Post-Suharto Indonesia
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 16 'The Underbelly of Indonesia-China Relations': Excerpts from an Interview with Faisal Basri
  • References
  • Part IV Vernacular Institutions
  • 17 What's Asia Got to Do With It? "Asian Values" as Reactionary Culturalism
  • Introduction
  • Asian Values as Internal and External Defensive Mechanism
  • Other Authoritarian Culturalist Discourses in Southeast Asia
  • Counter-narratives of "Vernacularised" Liberalism
  • The Revival of Exculpatory Culturalism during the Recent Autocratization Wave
  • Political Culture, Regional Constructivism, and Reactionary Culturalism
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 18 Military Norms in Southeast Asia: Comparing the Cases of Thailand and Burma
  • Introduction
  • Military Norms and New Institutionalism
  • Thailand's Military: From Royal Servant to Unrivaled Autocrat and Back
  • Burma's Military: From Post-Colonial Guardian to Despot
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • 19 Grounding the Shifting Political Registers in a Potent Cambodian Landscape
  • Introduction
  • Basic Concepts
  • Potency and Cosmo-Political Norms
  • Kings and Priests Capturing Potency
  • Extractive Industry, Conservation, and Consuming Potency
  • A Humble Provocation
  • References
  • 20 Moderate Islamic Organisations and Contestation Over Political Theology: The Responses by Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah Towards Islamism in Indonesia
  • Introduction
  • Political Theology: Understanding Political Islam in Indonesia
  • Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah as Moderate Islamic Organisations.
  • Growing Islamism and Its Effects Within NU and Muhammadiyah
  • NU and Muhammadiyah's Strategy to Counter the Islamist Challenge
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 21 The Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Southeast Asia: Recent Advances and Current Challenges
  • The Concept of Indigenous Peoples in Southeast Asia
  • The State of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Region
  • Legal Recognition
  • Implementation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  • Implementation of Land Rights
  • Self-Determination and Decentralisation
  • Indigenous Movements' Successes and Challenges in Upgrading Rights
  • Indigenous Movements and Activists Under Threat
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 22 Khmer Buddhism and the Moderation of Political Power in Cambodia
  • Introduction
  • The Land and Spirits of Cambodia
  • The Death of Khmer Buddhism
  • State-controlled Regeneration of the Sangha
  • Remaking the Khmer Buddhist Kingdom
  • Consuming the Land from Under People's Feet and a Dhammocratic Moment in 2013
  • Defeating the Dhamma: Unfettered Autocracy
  • The Spirit of China in Cambodia
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • 23 Social Regulatory Regimes in Northern Vietnam: How Interpersonal Network Norms, State Laws, and Market Rules Interact
  • Introduction
  • Polymorphous Social Regulatory Regimes
  • Our Case Studies: A Tày Village in Vietnam's Northern Upland and Online Sales in Hanoi
  • "Building a Civilised Way of Life" in the Highlands of Northern Vietnam
  • The Multifaceted Institutionalisation of Online Food Sales in Hanoi
  • Classifying Modes of Interaction Between Normative Registers in Vietnam and Beyond
  • Concluding Discussion: The Proliferation of Immanent Practical Norms
  • References
  • 24 Malay Kingship in Contemporary Malaysia: From Cultural Legitimacy to Social Proficiency
  • Malay Kingship: Cultural Semantics.
  • Institutionalising Malay Sultanates Within a Malayan Kingdom.

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