Autonomy and Armed Separatism in South and Southeast Asia
Autonomy and Armed Separatism in South and Southeast Asia

Author: Michelle Ann Miller

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9814379972

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Armed separatist insurgencies have created a real dilemma for many national governments of how much freedom to grant aggrieved minorities without releasing territorial sovereignty over the nation-state. This book examines different approaches that have been taken by seven states in South and Southeast Asia to try and resolve this dilemma through various offers of autonomy. Providing new insights into the conditions under which autonomy arrangements exacerbate or alleviate the problem of armed separatism, this comprehensive book includes in-depth analysis of the circumstances that lead men and women to take up arms in an effort to remove themselves from the state's borders by creating their own independent polity.

A Modern History of Southeast Asia
A Modern History of Southeast Asia

Author: Clive J. Christie

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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This book considers the overall decolonization of Southeast Asia and shows how, despite the great diversity of the region, issues of identity, religion and loyalism affected the newly-formed nation-states in remarkably similar ways.

Fixing Fractured Nations
Fixing Fractured Nations

Author: R. Wirsing

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2010-02-26

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 0230281273

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Asia's rising power and wealth offer its many oppressed ethnic minorities hope for greater political freedom and an end to violence. But the reality of this hope is cast into doubt by acute separatist conflict. This book provides fresh and factual assessments of separatist struggles and prospects for conflict resolution in eight countries of Asia.

Islam And Violent Separatism
Islam And Violent Separatism

Author: Ashok Swain

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-03

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 1135024413

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First published in 2007. Political demands for autonomy and independence by radicalized ethnic groups have recently intensi?ed as a result of the globalization of the post-Cold War world. In addition to facing the challenges posed by democratization, development and social movements, governments everywhere are striving to manage and contain ‘political Islam’. This is particularly true in Southeast Asia, where the violence and instability caused by Islamic radical groups have affected the consolidation of liberal democracy in the region. This volume examines the roles of the state and of civil society in three of the new democracies in Southeast Asia – the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia. Focussing on the way these democracies address the in-creased threat posed to their nation-building projects by political Islam, Islam and Violent Separatism makes an important contribution to the understanding of new security risks, terrorism, democratic consolidation and contemporary Southeast Asian politics.

Fighting Armed Conflicts in Southeast Asia
Fighting Armed Conflicts in Southeast Asia

Author: Shane Joshua Barter

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-10-08

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 110864323X

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This Element seeks to make sense of Southeast Asia's numerous armed conflicts. It makes four contributions. First, this study provides a typology, distinguishing between revolutionary, secessionist, and communal conflicts. The first two are types of insurgencies, while the latter are ethnic conflicts. Second, this study emphasizes the importance of ethnicity in shaping conflict dynamics. This is true even for revolutionary conflicts, which at first glance may appear unrelated to ethnicity. A third contribution relates to broad conflict trends. Revolutionary and secessionist conflicts feature broad historical arcs, with clear peaks and declines, while communal conflicts occur more sporadically. The fourth contribution ties these points together by focusing on conflict management. Just as ethnicity shapes conflicts, ethnic leaders and traditions can also promote peace. Cultural mechanisms are especially important for managing communal conflicts, the lone type not declining in Southeast Asia.

Muslim Separatism
Muslim Separatism

Author: Kadir Che Man (W.)

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13:

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This important comparative study views the seaparatist movements in the Phillippines and Thaliand as both political phenomena and springing from dissatisfied ethnic minorites. It examines the form and development of the resistance and highlights the role of Islam in shaping and sustaining the movements.