ABSTRACT
The articles in this edited collection, first published in 1985, consider the competing theories of the nature of development and underdevelopment in Southeast Asia. Each chapter challenges the academic orthodoxies and dominant traditions of Southeast Asian studies, particularly in relation to orientalist history, behaviourist political science and development economics. Overall, the contributions offer an alternative framework for analysis, which considers the structural changes to the political economy of Southeast Asia, as well as the relationship between the state, economy and class at a domestic level. This is a fascinating collection, of value to students and academics with an interest in Southeast Asian politics, economics and history.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |61 pages
Introduction
chapter |46 pages
Theories of development and underdevelopment
part |83 pages
History and society
chapter |28 pages
A critical appraisal of historians of Malaya
part |91 pages
Development strategies and the global economic order
chapter |31 pages
Imperialism, dependency and peripheral industrialization
part |97 pages
Politics, the state and economic development in Southeast Asia