Governments and Politics of Southeast Asia

• Other Authors: Wilson, David A (Editor), Kahin, George McTurnan
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press 1969; ©1959
• Edition: SECOND EDITION
• Subjects: Asia, Southeastern > Politics and government > 1945-; Asia, Southeastern > Social conditions
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• Physical Description: xvii, 796 pages maps, illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (page 763-777) and indexes
• ISBN: T000004615

Southeast Asia, that extensive corner of the continent flanked by China and India, is an extremely heterogeneous area. Among most of the countries of this region there is, of course, a general similarity in economy and many economic problems; and in varying degrees all of them have become more and more conscious of standing in the shadow of an increasingly powerful China. But despite important similarities in their traditional cultures and social structures, their colonial and postcolonial histories have produced substantially dissimilar results; and any close scrutiny of the contemporary government and politics of these countries will disclose at least as many significant differences as resemblances. Politically as well as culturally the states of modern Southeast Asia are at least as varied as those of Europe