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Thai Electoral Campaigning: Vote-Canvassing Networks and Hybrid Voting

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2010
Based on evidence gathered through participant observation, this article illuminates the nature of vote-canvassing, previously a black box in Thai electoral studies.
Anyarat Chattharakul
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Introduction: New Forms of Voter Mobilization in Southeast Asia

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2010
Southeast Asia in the twenty-first century is no longer what it used to be, at least not at its ASEAN core. By the 1990s, competitive elections had (re)emerged as the primary mechanism for the assumption of state office in the Philippines and Thailand ...
Eva-Lotta E. Hedman, Andreas Ufen
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ASEAN’s Preferential Trade Agreements (PTA) Strategy

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2011
This paper provides a diversification explanation in order understand the development of PTAs in Southeast Asia. I argue that an important reason why ASEAN states participate in PTAs has been to diversify existing trade ties and to reduce overdependence ...
Guanyi Leu
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Book Review: Shrestha, Omkar Lal, and Aekapol Chongvilaivan (eds), Greater Mekong Subregion: From Geographical to Socio-economic Integration

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2014
Book Review of the edited volume: Omkar Lal Shrestha and Aekapol Chongvilaivan (eds) (2013), Greater Mekong Subregion: From Geographical to Socio-economic Integration.
Timotheus J. Krahl
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Book Review: Clarke, Matthew, Ismet Fanany, and Sue Kenny (eds.), Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Lessons from Aceh

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2010
Book Review of the edited issue: Clarke, Matthew, Ismet Fanany, and Sue Kenny (eds.) (2010), Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Lessons from Aceh, London/ Washington DC: Earthscan ISBN 978-1-84407-879-0, 266 ...
Antje Missbach
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Evade, Corrupt, or Confront? Organized Crime and the State in Brazil and Mexico ¿Evadir, corromper o confrontar? El crimen organizado y el Estado en Brasil y México

open access: yesJournal of Politics in Latin America, 2009
Government and organized criminal groups co-exist in uneasy equilibrium. Criminal groups adjust their behavior as a function of their own goals and resources in relation to inter-group cooperation and conflict, dynamic markets, and public policies ...
Matthew M. Taylor, John Bailey
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The European Union’s Myanmar Policy: Focused or Directionless?

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2015
What is the European Union (EU) trying to achieve in Myanmar? Is the EU speaking with one voice and acting collectively (and does it really matter)? Were the sanctions lifted too early?
Jörn Dosch, Jatswan S. Sidhu
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China’s Potential for Economic Coercion in the South China Sea Disputes: A Comparative Study of the Philippines and Vietnam

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2012
With tensions rising in the South China Sea, China’s use of its economic leverage over Southeast Asian countries has recently come into focus. With increasing economic and trade ties between China and Southeast Asia, the question being asked is whether ...
Madhu Sudan Ravindran
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Betwixt Droughts and Floods: Flood Management Politics in Thailand

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2015
Attempting to create greater understanding of the political dynamics that influence domestic disaster relief and management (DRM) in Thailand, this article takes a closer look at these dynamics by outlining the main actors involved in flood-related DRM ...
Naila Maier-Knapp
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