Search Results: Asia - Politics from The Penang Bookshelf

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: MPH Publishing, 2012. First edition. Paperback. New. The author who has been an academic, journalist and businessman brings together a collection of articles to highlight how life has changed for them since the start of the 'war on terror' in the wake of the 9/11 attack in the United States. While condemning that attack and subsequent ones by Muslim extremists, the author highlights the enduring damage to the world order as a result of the continued persecution of innocent Muslims. 309 pages with an index. Weight: 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia

Ipoh, Malaysia: Media Masters, 2017. First Malay Language Edition. Paperback. New/new. At a time when multinational blocs are subject to a fair amount of criticism, the authors make a positive case for the role of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in keeping the peace amongst the 625 million people of its Southeast Asian members. They not only look at the factors that brought this about, but also examine the role of each of the major powers in relation to the bloc and give the reader brief sketches of the effect of ASEAN within each of its member states. New Paperback. First Malay Language Edition. 250 pages with a bibliography and index. Weight: 0.6 kg Post free within Malaysia

Singapore: NUS Press, 2017. Hardcover. New/new. At a time when multinational blocs are subject to a fair amount of criticism, the authors make a positive case for the role of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in keeping the peace amongst the 625 million people of its Southeast Asian members. They not only look at the factors that brought this about, but also examine the role of each of the major powers in relation to the bloc and give the reader brief sketches of the effect of ASEAN within each of its member states. 264 pages with a bibliography and index. Weight 0.9kg. Post free within Malaysia

Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2014. First edition. Paperback. New. Please see the scan of the executive summary for further details. 30 pages. Weight: 0.3kg. Post free within Malaysia

Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2006. First edition. Paperback. New. The word 'democracy' is frequently used by politicians, activists and academics of very different persuasions. In this book a group of prominent academics from Europe and Asia reflect on what the word means for their own society and how their concepts match up with similar concepts elsewhere. 275 pages with a list of references. Weight: 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia

Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2006. Paperback. New. The end of the cold war, although it relieved much international tension. also has given rise to many more complex emergencies. Nuclear proliferation, ethnopolitical conflicts, 'the war on terror' and many other issues have changed many of the assumptions of traditional diplomacy. This collection of essays, through case studies, explores some examples of post cold war diplomacy where psychological knowledge has played a key role. 327 pages with an index. Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: SIRD, 2010. Paperback. New. Based on recent research, the authors assess the state of nation building in the ethnically diverse states of Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand. The three main elements of nation building addressed are - the difficulties of building a national identity at a time of change, the problems faced by ethnic minorities excluded from the constructed identity of the majority and ways to build national integration, particularly amongst the young. 263 pages including an index, tables and figures. Weight: 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: SIRD, 2013. First edition. Paperback. New. This book comprises the collected research of the Mekong Program on Water, Environment and Resilience (M-POWER) look at the vital role that water governance plays in the region. The research undertaken is action research, so the articles in this volume also describe the various authors' attempts to look for and experiment with new ways of engagement with water governance at different levels. 219 pages with a bibliography and an index.

Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2014. Paperback. New. Japan is often seen as having a fairly passive foreign policy in relation to its economic and political power. The author argues that Japan is breaking away from this pattern in its more engaged role with its neighbours, particularly through ASEAN. 282 pages. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. Weight: 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia

Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2002. 2009 Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. A collection of newspaper articles written between 1999 and 2002. The well-known Malaysian commentator pursues a quest to find out the variety of pre 9/11 Islamic practice in the region, who are the emerging leaders getting ready to replace the familiar figures who guided so many their countries' post independence eras and what function, if any, art does or can play in stimulating regional integration. 237 pages. Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia Other than a date written in biro on a front end paper, the book looks new

Singapore: NUS Press, 2008. Paperback. New. New.The book is designed to be both an introduction for the general reader and for the political science student to the many facets of political Islam that exist today.The author is both a Professor of International Relations and Coordinator of the Muslim Studies Programme at the University of Michigan so is well qualified to deal with the subject in an approachable and thoughtful manner. The book covers not only Islamic politics in the Middle East, but in Asia as well. 213 pages. The contents include 1- Defining Concepts, Demolishing Myths, 2 - Islam's Multiple Voices, 3 - Self-Proclaimed Islamic States, 4 - Between Ideology and Pragmatism, 5 - Muslim Democracies, 6 - Islamist National Resistance, 7 - Transnational Islam & 8 - The Many Faces of Political Islam. There is also a glossary, bibliography and index. Weight: 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia

Lawrenceville, NJ, USA: Red Sea Press, 2000. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Professor Gunn takes a refreshing look at the authoritarian "Asian Value" model of Government and its role in the wrecking of Southeast Asia's 'economic miracle' of the 1980s. His examination of the legacy of the fractured societies left behind by British, Dutch and Portuguese colonialism in Malaysia, Indonesia and East Timor respectively, provide us with interesting insights as to how the 'Malay World' responded and continue to respond to the continuing questions about freedom, autonomy and self-determination in these countries. WeightPostage within Malaysia is free There is minimal cover wear and a former owner's name written on the title page. The binding is tight and the text clear with minimal tanning throughout.

Singapore: NUS Press, 2010. Paperback. New. New. It's probably a little known fact that many unrepresentative Governments have ceded much control of significant tracts of country - the "no man's land" of the book's title - to rebel groups. In Southeast Asia examples include Burma/Myanmar, the Phillipines, Thailand and Indonesia. This last country is the principal focus of this book. The author, through extensive interviews and examination of documentary records, discovers how such groups cope with modern technology, their place in the "global war on terror" and how and when geography still matters. Hastings contrasts and compares the operations of Jemaah Islamiyah, the Free Aceh Movement and organised crime within their local and the Southeast Asian environments. The book is divided into three parts I - Grappling with Territory in a Globalizing World, II - Territory and Transnational Terrorism & III - Extensions: Southeast Asia and Beyond. There are also notes, a bibliography and an index as well… Read More

Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2005. Paperback. New. This collection of papers was originally submitted to a conference in Paris in 2003 on 'Europe & East Asia: Experimenting with Region Building.' The book is divided into the following parts - I - Between Regionalisation and Globalisation, II - The Region as a Security Community & Institutions as Drivers for Region Building. 157 pages with an index. Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: SIRD, 2009. Paperback. Very Good. This book arose from several decades of the author's research amongst Muslim communities in the Malay archipelago. Although Islam is the predominant religion in the archipelago, he and other considered the political elements of the religion to be moderate. However when he discovered that the 9/11 attacks were given prior approval at a meeting of clandestine Islamic groups in Malaysia, he decided to take a closer look at the complex relationship between the religion and the state in the region. 444 pages with a bibliography and an index. Weight: 0.9kg. Post free within Malaysia There is some spotting on the text block

Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 2008. First edition. Paperback. New. The author contrasts what he sees as the political success of ASEAN with the less successful efforts of the group in co-operating on finance and trade. He suggests possible solutions and other issues which could be enhanced by members taking more of a regional perspective. 117 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page. Weight 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 1994. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. The book is a collection of papers presented at a seminar by various political scientists from around the region. The contributors take stock of internal political developments in Burma/Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore and Thailand in the post war period and suggest ways in which more liberal politics might weaken the autocratic trends that have prevailed to date. 162 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page. Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia Although fresh from the publisher's stock, there is minimal tanning on the end papers. Otherwise the book looks new.

Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2006. Paperback. New. 15-7-16. This is an updated and revised selection of the author's published articles and papers from 1999 to 2004. The papers concentrate on internal threats to the region, i.e. mainly interstate rivalry and armed rebellion. Please see scanned photos for a list of the chapters. 283 pages. Weight: 0.6.kg. * Post free within Malaysia.

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1966. Hardcover. Good/good. This book was written at a time when the Cold War in Asia and the Konfrontasi between Indonesia and Malaysia were in full swing. This veteran war and foreign correspondent was concerned that the West was not taking enough notice of the vulnerability of the Malay Archipelago to Communist and Indonesian subversion. Since Brackman had particular Indonesian experience a major focus of the book is Indonesia's "multicomplex" struggle for dominance at the time. 341 pages including notes and an index. Weight: 0.8 kg Post free within Malaysia This is an ex-library book with library stamps on the top and bottom page edges, the title page and one of the rear end papers. There is also a library pocket inside the front cover. The dust jacket has been preserved by plastic covering. The binding is tight, the text clear and there is mild tanning of the pages.