Southeast Asian politics
S Blackburn
8 points * 3 hours per week * First semester * Clayton
Because development is the main preoccupation of Southeast Asian governments, this subject aims to assess the strategies for development adopted in three Southeast Asian countries, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. After reviewing the social and economic problems facing those countries at independence, the subject looks briefly at development options available and then proceeds to examine the development policies of successive governments from the point of view of identifying the groups which benefit and lose as a result of these policies. Finally, some issues of political economy affecting the region as a whole will be discussed, including the impact of Japan, environmental controversies, the international division of labour and women in development.
Assessment
Written (4000 words): 60% * Examinations (2 hours): 40%
Recommended texts
Hewison K, Robinson R and Rodan E (eds) Southeast Asia in the 1990s Allen and Unwin, 1993