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Record Nr.

UNINA9910305549703321

Autore

Beeson Mark

Titolo

Securing Southeast Asia : the politics of security sector reform / / Mark Beeson and Alex J. Bellamy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2008

ISBN

1-134-11756-6

0-415-41619-1

1-283-70990-2

0-203-93488-1

1-134-11757-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Collana

Routledge security in Asia Pacific series ; ; 6

Altri autori (Persone)

BellamyAlex J. <1975->

Disciplina

355/.033059

355.030959

Soggetti

Civil-military relations - Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-207) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1. Security Sector Reform in a Southeast Asian Context -- 2. Civil-Military Relations and Institutional Change -- 3. The Historical Origins of Southeast Asian Security -- 4. Malaysia: Constitutionalism Corrupted? -- 5. Thailand: Military Rule, There and Back Again? -- 6. Indonesia: From Concordance to Constitutionalism? -- 7. The Philippines: The Politics of Polyarchy? -- Conclusion -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

This book uniquely applies the security reform agenda to Southeast Asia. It investigates recent developments in civil-military relations in the region, looking in particular at the impact and utility of the agenda on the region and assessing whether it is likely to help make the region more stable and less prone to military interventions. It provides an historical overview of the region's civil-military relations and goes on to explore the dynamics of civil-military relations within the context of the security sector reform framework, focusing on the experiences of four of the region's militar